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- ↑ Article Förbjudna led , from Nordisk Familjebok
- ↑ Quod superest ex consecratis Elementis, conservetur oportuno loco, donec eis opus fuerit in Ecclesia. -Church ordinance pp. 95-94. Martti Parvio: Canon Ecclesiasticus, p. 94 Helsinki 1966
- ↑ Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013
- ↑ Cornelius, p. 77
- (in Swedish) Article Kanonisk rätt , in Nordisk familjebok (1911)
- (in Swedish) Article Kyrkoording , in Nordisk familjebok (1911)
- (in Swedish) Cornelius: Svenska kyrkans historia efter reformationen / Förra delen (1520-1693). (1886–1887)