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Götarnas riken: UpptÀcktsfÀrder till
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55:Hervarar saga ok HeiĂ°reks
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717:Christina Abrahamsdotter
227:Mats G. Larsson (2002),
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118:Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter
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39:Swedish
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