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- ↑ "Foreign-born persons by country of birth, age, sex and year - Lebanon - 2018". Statistics Sweden. 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ↑ "Immigrations and emigrations by country of emi-/immigration, observations and year". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ↑ Swedish Lebanese Friendship Association official website
- ↑ Lebanese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden
