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Sådana kalendrar började utges 1905
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3. RegRiksdP 1911—20 3: 332 (1923). Anseende och social ställning bestäms inte av skapande förmåga och medborgerlig förtjänst, utan av siffrorna i taxeringskalendern. Selander Modernt 78 (1932). —
- ↑ "Alfabetiskt firmaregister". Sveriges handelskalender (in Swedish). 1971. p. 325. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ↑ "Om". Taxeringskalendern.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ↑ Ministry of Justice. "Offentlighets- och sekretesslag (2009:400)". Riksdagen (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 23 February 2020.