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- ↑ "Om Taubanetilsynet" (in Norwegian). Det Norske Veritas . Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ↑ "Taubanetilsynet" (in Norwegian). Det Norske Veritas . Retrieved 27 January 2010.
