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References
- ↑ Sondre Jensen at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Sondre Jensen" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
- 1 2 Sondre Jensen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Gjesdal, Elisabeth de Lange (28 December 2014). "Sønnen til Kniksen: - Han var en perfekt far". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. p. 124. ISBN 978-82-516-2658-3.
- ↑ ""Kniksen" på frimerke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ↑ "Kry av far på frimerke" (PDF). Postavisen (in Norwegian). Posten Norge. September 2002. p. 15. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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