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- ↑ "Gert van Groningen", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ↑ "Gert van Groningen", Dansk Biografish Leksikon, Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ↑ Hanne Honnens de Lichtenberg, "Gert van Groningen", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. (in German) Retrieved 1 February 2011.
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