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- ↑ "Skagen Festival 2014", Visit Denmark. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Historie", Skagen Festival. (in Danish) Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ "Skagen Festival 2013" Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine , Frederikshavn Kommune. (in Danish) Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ 2014 program
- ↑ "Badmintonhallen koster kassen og droppes nu som scene i Skagen Festival 2014", Nordjyske.dk. (in Danish) Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ Foreword 2014 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved 7 July 2014