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- ↑ "Svenska kyrkans sköna litteratur: eller, Den svensk-kyrkliga litteraturen bedömd med särskildt ..." Margareta is said to have been from Söderköping, Sweden and was probably born in a family of German origin. She participated in the process to get Saint Bridget's daughter Catherine of Vadstena canonized.
- 1 2 Liedgren, Jan "Margareta Clausdotter" Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
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- ↑ "Saint Bridget of Sweden". christianiconograph. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Brölloppet På Ulfåsa". Stockholm.Albert Bonniers Förlag. 1865. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ↑ Yngve Brilioth, "Bengt Magnusson", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 3, p. 194.
