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- ↑ Axel Kjaer Sorensen (2009). Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-8763512763.
- ↑ "History". Stm.dk. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ↑ "Steen Marr Spore". Politiken.dk.
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