| DBO | | Deichmanns Bibliotek, Oslo. |
| KBK | | Royal Library, Copenhagen. |
| KBS | | Royal Library, Stockholm. |
| LBS | | National Library, Reykjavik. |
| LIS | | Linköping Stiftsbibliotek. |
| OUB | | Odense University Library, now University Library of Southern Denmark. |
| UBB | | Bergen University Library. |
| UBH | | Helsinki University Library. |
| UBK | | University Library, Copenhagen (Now part of the Royal Library, Copenhagen). |
| UBL | | Lund University Library. |
| UBT | | Trondheim University Library. |
| UBU | | Uppsala University Library. |
| ADB | | Algemeine deutsche Biographie. Herausgegeben duch die Historische Commission bei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften. (Repr.:) Berlin 1967-71.
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| BD | | Bibliotheca Danica I-V (Koebenhavn 1961-63). |
| BN | | Hjalmar Pettersen: Bibliotheca Norwegica I (1. ed.: Oslo 1889) |
| DBL | | Sv. Cedergreen Bech (ed.): Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. (third ed.) (Koebenhavn 1979-1984). |
| EM | | H. Ehrencron-Muller: Forfatterlexicon omfattende Danmark, Norge og Island indtil 1814. I-XII (Koebenhavn 1924-1935). |
| HNNL | | Minna Skafte Jensen (ed.): A History of Nordic Neo-Latin Literature. Odense 1995. |
| IC | | Isak Collijn: Sveriges Bibliografi intill år 1600 I-III Uppsala 1927-38). |
| Joecher | | Christian Gottlieb J¿cher: Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon. (With 'Fortsetzung') Leipzig 1750-1897. |
| LN | | Lauritz Nielsen: Dansk Bibliografi I-II (Koebenhavn 1919, 1931-33). |
| Moller | | Johannes Moller: Cimbria Literata. Hafniae 1744. |
| TM | | Toini Melander: Personskrifter hänförande sig till Finland 1562-1713 (Helsingfors 1951) |
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