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References
- ↑ "Hjälp Libertas bli ett registrerat parti Archived 27 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine " Libertas, 26 February 2009, English translation here
- ↑ "Libertas Sverige blir ett registrerat parti " Libertas website, Tuesday, 3 March 2009, English translation here
- 1 2 3 "Hemligt kring parti inför EU-val", 6 March 2009, Svenska Dagbladet
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Nytt nejparti ställer upp i EU-valet Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine ", 3 March 2009, from dn.se, English translation here
- 1 2 "Libertas launches in Sweden", Stockholm, 27 April 2009, http://www.libertas.eu/ Archived 4 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Vi nådde inte enda fram – den här gången!", 2009-05-21, libertas.eu, English translation here