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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Khoo, Karen (28 June 2017). "Sailing high and sailing free – a chat with Finnish sailor Ludde Ingvall". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland . Retrieved 17 November 2020.