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- ↑ Kunstindeks Danmark
- ↑ Bodil Kaalund (1 January 1983). The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting. University of California Press. pp. 51–53 & 205–207. ISBN 978-0-520-04840-9.
- ↑ Greenland.com
- ↑ Martin Banham (21 September 1995). The Cambridge Guide to Theatre . Cambridge University Press. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
- ↑ Michael Jones; Kenneth Olwig (2008). Nordic Landscapes: Region and Belonging on the Northern Edge of Europe. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-8166-3914-4.
- ↑ Nuuk Art Museum
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