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- ↑ "Nielsen, Sivert Andreas". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
- ↑ Sivert Andreas Nielsen — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ↑ Presidents of the Storting
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