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- ↑ "Larsen, Inger Marianne". kvinfo.dk. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Marianne Larsen at Litteraturpriser.dk
- ↑ Marianne Larsen, Biographical Dictionary of Danish Women, 2022
- ↑ Marianne Larsen, The History of Nordic Women's Literature, 2011
- ↑ Emma Karlebjerg, "Marianne Larsen"
- ↑ Selected Poems, Augustinus/Curbstone
- ↑ National Library of Australia
- ↑ Oversteps Books, edited by Anne Born and Yann Lovelock
