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- 1 2 3 "Thune, Gro Hillestad". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
- 1 2 "Gro Hillestad Thune" (in Norwegian). Storting.
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