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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Dollerup-Scheibel, Mads (23 April 2016). "Ny træner for damelandsholdet i håndbold". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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