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- ↑ Widfeldt, Anders (2015). Extreme Right Parties in Scandinavia. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-26589-8.
- ↑ "Arkiverade kopian" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ↑ Contra 3 1987.
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