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- ↑ Jon Kuvlung (Store norske leksikon)
- ↑ Jon Kuvlung – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
- ↑ Nikolas Arnesson – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
- ↑ Filippus Simonsson – utdypning(Store norske leksikon)
- ↑ Norway (Sigvart Sorensen, author. Chapter XXVIII.The Co-Operative Publication Society. New York, London: 1899)