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- ↑ "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ "Svenska mästare genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. 1996. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ SR.se 22 July 2010: Idag inleds rötmånaden, accessdate: 12 October 2014
- ↑ Forshaga kommun: Miljö- och byggförvaltning, accessdate: 12 October 2014
- ↑ "PERRY Kerrin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
