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- ↑ "Margunn Lindholm // AMAZING WOMAN Free-Kick Goal // Faroe Islands Cup Final". Roi Clementsen on YouTube. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ↑ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Faroe Islands)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ↑ "Kvinnur - Ársins leikarar" (in Faroese). Faroe Soccer. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
