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- ↑ "Thousands defy Norway mass killer Breivik in song". New York Daily News . AP. April 26, 2012.
- ↑ Sang "Barn av regnbuen", (Singing of "Children of the Rainbow"), Government of Norway, 27 April 2012
- ↑ 40.000 møtte opp på Youngstorget, (40,000 showed up at Youngstorget), Jonas Christoffersen, TV 2, April 26, 2012
- ↑ Norwegians pull together again, Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway, April 26, 2012
- ↑ Sammenligner folkets allsang med en gapestokk (Sing-along compared to a pillory), Bjørnar Tommelstad, Verdens Gang , April 26, 2012
