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- ↑ "Geir og Guðmundur í Heiðurshöll ÍSÍ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (28 November 2022). "FH-ingar heiðra Geir Hallsteinsson í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
