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- ↑ G. Carlsson (1924) "Ture Turesson (Bielke)", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon vol. 4, p. 153, Riksarkivet urn:sbl:18191 (in Swedish)
- ↑ Isaacs, Anne Katherine. Immigration and emigration in historical perspective. Pisa University Press, 2007.