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- ↑ "Fritt Ords Pris til Robin Schaefer og Jan Erik Skog" (in Norwegian). abc nyheter. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ "Fritt Ords Pris 2015 til Robin Schaefer og Jan Erik Skog" (in Norwegian). Fritt Ord. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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