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- ↑ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ↑ Svensktoppen - 17 March 2001
- ↑ Svensktoppen - 24 March 2001
- ↑ "Ingenmansland". Swedishcharts. 2001. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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