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- ↑ "Teemu Laajasalo Kallion kirkkoherraksi " CV". 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ HelsinginHiippakunta (16 August 2017). "Vicar Teemu Laajasalo was elected as bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Diocese of Helsinki. Congratulations!".
- ↑ Yle - Helsinki bishop suspected of accounting fraud
- ↑ Yle - Helsinki bishop fined for accounting offences
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