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- ↑ "Kronprinsparrets Priser" (in Danish). Bikubenfonden. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "Biography for Sonja Richter". Internet Movie Database . Retrieved 23 September 2011.
