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- ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). "The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century" (PDF). Lund University. p. 295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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