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- ↑ "Leiv Lunde ny direktør ved Fridtjof Nansens Institutt" (in Norwegian). Forskning.no. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ Leiv Lunde obituary (in Norwegian) - Fridtjof Nansen Institute 3 October 2022
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