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- ↑ "Om Søndre Buskerud politidistrikt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Police Service. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Korrespondansetabell Politidistrikt 2002, Kommuner 2008" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ↑ "Statsansatte (alle lønnskategorier) per etat" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ↑ "Lokalisering av politi- og lensmannsdistrikter under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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