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- ↑ "Geir Thoresen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- 1 2 "FrP-utbrytere danner Fridemokratene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 June 1994.
- ↑ "FrP må velge Hagen eller Wibe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 7 January 1994.
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