Popular Names in Norway

Information from Statistics Norway. This data is based on the names and birth dates of current residents. This means that residents who have died are not included, hence the numbers are lower for early years. Additionally, this means the names of immigrants who were not born in the country will be included.
Boys · Girls
Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Jan
1,476 0 +227 +18.2%
2.
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Per
1,371 0 +162 +13.4%
3.
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Bjørn
1,139 0 +87 +8.3%
4.
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Kjell
1,106 0 +72 +7.0%
5.
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Arne
1,041 +1 +172 +19.8%
6.
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Svein
1,022 -1 +117 +12.9%
7.
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Knut
892 0 +191 +27.2%
8.
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Odd
759 +1 +138 +22.2%
9.
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Terje
687 +2 +105 +18.0%
10.
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Hans
647 0 +64 +11.0%
11.
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Gunnar
638 +1 +143 +28.9%
12.
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Harald
634 -4 -47 -6.9%
13.
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Tore
591 0 +101 +20.6%
14.
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Ole
537 +2 +57 +11.9%
15.
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Tor
534 +2 +57 +11.9%
16.
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Rolf
520 -2 +31 +6.3%
17.
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John
509 -2 +28 +5.8%
18.
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Helge
473 +4 +102 +27.5%
19.
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Leif
456 -1 +6 +1.3%
20.
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Olav
418 0 +4 +1.0%
21.
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Steinar
407 -2 -10 -2.4%
22.
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Einar
396 +1 +43 +12.2%
23.
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Kåre
373 -2 -24 -6.0%
24.
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Lars
372 0 +27 +7.8%
25.
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Erik
364 +1 +34 +10.3%
26.
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Nils
339 -1 +7 +2.1%
27.
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Arild
328 +7 +74 +29.1%
28.
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Ivar
324 +4 +62 +23.7%
29.
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Egil
322 -2 +2 +0.6%
30.
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Finn
312 -2 +34 +12.2%
31.
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Jon
308 +2 +48 +18.5%
32.
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Magne
282 -3 +11 +4.1%
33.
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Karl
274 -2 +11 +4.2%
34.
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Alf
261 -4 -9 -3.3%
35.
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Asbjørn
259 +1 +23 +9.7%
36.
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Tom
254 +12 +83 +48.5%
37.
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Sverre
252 0 +18 +7.7%
38.
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Reidar
241 -3 -11 -4.4%
39.
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Thor
235 +1 +16 +7.3%
40.
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Arvid
226 -3 -8 -3.4%
41.
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Dag
224 +6 +49 +28.0%
41.
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Ragnar
224 +3 +33 +17.3%
43.
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Stein
221 -2 +16 +7.8%
44.
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Johan
205 +2 +24 +13.3%
45.
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Erling
201 -2 +1 +0.5%
46.
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Geir
188 +14 +54 +40.3%
46.
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Trond
188 +2 +17 +9.9%
48.
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Oddvar
187 -7 -18 -8.8%
49.
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Ola
186 +7 +45 +31.9%
50.
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Bjarne
182 -5 -5 -2.7%
51.
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Ove
179 +4 +32 +21.8%
52.
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Øyvind
177 -2 +11 +6.6%
53.
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Åge
170 +12 +44 +34.9%
54.
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Øivind
169 +12 +47 +38.5%
55.
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Inge
167 +2 +28 +20.1%
56.
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Jens
166 -3 +8 +5.1%
57.
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Torbjørn
161 +7 +34 +26.8%
57.
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Trygve
161 +6 +33 +25.8%
59.
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Øystein
158 0 +22 +16.2%
60.
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Paul
150 +7 +32 +27.1%
61.
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Anders
138 -7 -10 -6.8%
62.
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Vidar
137 +10 +29 +26.9%
63.
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Roar
136 -11 -26 -16.0%
63.
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Sigmund
136 -2 +4 +3.0%
65.
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Jarle
135 +9 +28 +26.2%
66.
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Jostein
124 +4 +10 +8.8%
67.
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Peter
123 +3 +9 +7.9%
67.
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Robert
123 +19 +38 +44.7%
67.
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Willy
123 -5 -7 -5.4%
70.
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Sven
121 -3 +3 +2.5%
71.
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Frank
116 -13 -22 -15.9%
71.
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Harry
116 +1 +8 +7.4%
73.
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Roy
114 +17 +41 +56.2%
74.
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Håkon
112 -24 -54 -32.5%
75.
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Sigurd
110 +1 +9 +8.9%
76.
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Eivind
106 +6 +20 +23.3%
77.
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Arve
105 +4 +17 +19.3%
78.
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Johannes
104 -3 0 0.0%
78.
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Roald
104 0 +11 +11.8%
80.
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David
103 +6 +18 +21.2%
81.
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Kai
100 -4 +3 +3.1%
82.
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Birger
99 0 +13 +15.1%
82.
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Roger
99 -2 +10 +11.2%
84.
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Dagfinn
98 -15 -19 -16.2%
85.
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Ulf
96 +7 +24 +33.3%
86.
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Magnar
94 +12 +31 +49.2%
87.
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Atle
93 -5 +7 +8.1%
88.
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Bernt
91 +7 +24 +35.8%
89.
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Olaf
84 +6 +17 +25.4%
89.
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Petter
84 new new new
91.
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Jørgen
82 -1 +9 +12.3%
91.
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Martin
82 -9 -4 -4.7%
93.
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Oddbjørn
81 0 +11 +15.7%
94.
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Morten
79 new new new
95.
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Tormod
78 new new new
96.
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Kristian
77 -17 -14 -15.4%
97.
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Arnfinn
76 -9 -1 -1.3%
97.
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Pål
76 +1 +13 +20.6%
99.
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Stig
75 new new new
100.
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Michael
74 new new new
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anne
1,585 0 +202 +14.6%
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Inger
1,245 0 +107 +9.4%
3.
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Kari
993 +1 +162 +19.5%
4.
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Liv
953 -1 +76 +8.7%
5.
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Marit
874 0 +131 +17.6%
6.
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Bjørg
814 0 +117 +16.8%
7.
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Berit
726 0 +75 +11.5%
8.
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Eva
717 0 +101 +16.4%
9.
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Gerd
591 0 +37 +6.7%
10.
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Randi
582 +1 +70 +13.7%
11.
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Karin
575 -1 +26 +4.7%
12.
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Turid
563 +3 +66 +13.3%
13.
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Solveig
518 +1 +18 +3.6%
14.
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Aud
507 +1 +10 +2.0%
15.
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Else
498 -2 -3 -0.6%
16.
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Astrid
475 -4 -32 -6.3%
17.
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Reidun
444 0 +46 +11.6%
18.
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Tove
406 +2 +38 +10.3%
19.
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Kirsten
402 0 +15 +3.9%
20.
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Jorunn
395 +3 +57 +16.9%
21.
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Wenche
382 +1 +38 +11.0%
22.
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Ragnhild
372 -4 -16 -4.1%
23.
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Åse
358 +2 +38 +11.9%
24.
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Grethe
356 -3 +1 +0.3%
25.
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Ingrid
351 +1 +40 +12.9%
26.
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Vigdis
345 +6 +68 +24.5%
27.
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Sissel
343 +7 +121 +54.5%
28.
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Laila
338 -4 +3 +0.9%
29.
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Grete
326 -1 +22 +7.2%
30.
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Torill
315 +10 +162 +106%
31.
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Unni
314 -1 +23 +7.9%
32.
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Britt
309 +1 +58 +23.1%
33.
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Ellen
308 -4 +8 +2.7%
34.
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Brit
279 -7 -27 -8.8%
35.
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Eli
264 -4 -26 -9.0%
36.
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Bodil
218 0 +32 +17.2%
37.
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Toril
211 +48 +143 +210%
38.
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Elin
202 +3 +52 +34.7%
39.
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Elisabeth
197 +5 +57 +40.7%
40.
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Anna
188 -3 +5 +2.7%
41.
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Ruth
187 -6 -12 -6.0%
42.
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Tone
176 +14 +62 +54.4%
43.
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Bente
174 +20 +65 +59.6%
43.
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Lillian
174 -4 +20 +13.0%
45.
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Rigmor
173 -7 0 0.0%
46.
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May
172 -1 +35 +25.5%
47.
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Gunn
156 +6 +36 +30.0%
48.
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Aase
155 -2 +19 +14.0%
49.
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Mette
146 +6 +30 +25.9%
50.
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Karen
145 +11 +34 +30.6%
50.
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Solfrid
145 -1 +16 +12.4%
52.
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Anne-Lise
144 -9 -1 -0.7%
53.
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Irene
138 +1 +19 +16.0%
53.
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Sidsel
138 -2 +15 +12.2%
55.
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Mary
136 +1 +22 +19.3%
55.
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Synnøve
136 -9 0 0.0%
57.
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Sigrid
130 +13 +35 +36.8%
58.
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Gunvor
129 -10 -4 -3.0%
59.
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Elsa
128 0 +16 +14.3%
59.
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Signe
128 +3 +18 +16.4%
61.
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Torunn
127 +4 +25 +24.5%
62.
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Torhild
125 +14 +45 +56.3%
63.
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Torild
120 new new new
64.
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Lisbeth
118 +7 +26 +28.3%
65.
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Helga
115 -2 +6 +5.5%
65.
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Sonja
115 -23 -32 -21.8%
67.
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Gro
113 0 +13 +13.0%
67.
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Kirsti
113 -16 -10 -8.1%
69.
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Birgit
109 -10 -3 -2.7%
70.
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Jorun
108 -20 -20 -15.6%
71.
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Marie
105 -3 +8 +8.2%
72.
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Greta
97 +6 +19 +24.4%
72.
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Lise
97 +10 +28 +40.6%
74.
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Ingunn
93 +11 +25 +36.8%
75.
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Aslaug
92 -7 -5 -5.2%
76.
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Mona
91 +20 +28 +44.4%
77.
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Magnhild
88 -1 +8 +10.0%
78.
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Ingebjørg
87 -20 -26 -23.0%
79.
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Ingeborg
86 -13 -15 -14.9%
79.
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Olaug
86 -7 -3 -3.4%
79.
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Rita
86 new new new
82.
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Gunhild
84 0 +15 +21.7%
83.
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Hanne
79 +10 +15 +23.4%
84.
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Tordis
78 -2 +9 +13.0%
85.
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Åshild
77 new new new
86.
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Maria
75 +1 +8 +11.9%
87.
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Ann
73 -13 -11 -13.1%
88.
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Erna
72 -10 -6 -7.7%
88.
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Evy
72 0 +6 +9.1%
88.
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Svanhild
72 -10 -6 -7.7%
91.
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Edel
71 0 +6 +9.2%
91.
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Eldbjørg
71 -16 -12 -14.5%
91.
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Sylvi
71 new new new
94.
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Kjellaug
70 -1 +6 +9.4%
94.
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Marianne
70 +4 +8 +12.9%
96.
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Astri
69 -3 +5 +7.8%
96.
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Ellinor
69 new new new
96.
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Evelyn
69 new new new
99.
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Judith
68 new new new
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Målfrid
68 -18 -9 -11.7%