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- ↑ Enn Tarvel (2007). Sigtuna hukkumine. Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Haridus, 2007 (7-8), p 38–41
- Svea Rikes Ärkebiskopar, Uppsala, 1935
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