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
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Jan
1,387 0
2.
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Per
1,232 0
3.
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Bjørn
1,114 0
4.
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Kjell
992 0
5.
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Svein
974 +1
6.
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Arne
906 -1
7.
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Odd
751 +1
8.
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Knut
743 -1
9.
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Terje
647 0
10.
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John
580 +7
11.
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Gunnar
577 0
12.
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Hans
562 -2
13.
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Harald
543 -1
14.
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Ole
529 0
15.
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Tor
521 0
16.
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Tore
517 -3
17.
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Rolf
493 -1
18.
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Leif
456 +1
19.
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Helge
429 -1
20.
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Steinar
423 +1
21.
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Lars
403 +3
22.
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Nils
400 +4
23.
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Olav
394 -3
24.
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Kåre
392 -1
25.
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Erik
340 0
26.
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Einar
335 -4
27.
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Arild
306 0
28.
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Egil
293 +1
29.
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Magne
287 +3
30.
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Ivar
284 -2
31.
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Finn
271 -1
32.
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Sverre
256 +5
33.
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Jon
255 -2
33.
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Reidar
255 +5
35.
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Asbjørn
240 0
36.
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Alf
239 -2
37.
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Arvid
236 +3
38.
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Trond
229 +8
39.
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Tom
219 -3
40.
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Karl
213 -7
41.
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Thor
207 -2
42.
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Øyvind
193 +10
43.
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Erling
189 +2
43.
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Johan
189 +1
45.
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Dag
187 -4
46.
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Åge
186 +7
47.
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Ragnar
185 -6
48.
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Øystein
181 +11
49.
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Stein
177 -6
50.
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Roar
175 +13
51.
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Øivind
174 +3
52.
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Ola
171 -3
53.
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Torbjørn
169 +4
54.
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Geir
168 -8
55.
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Oddvar
167 -7
56.
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Vidar
166 +6
57.
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Jens
161 -1
58.
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Ove
160 -7
59.
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Bjarne
159 -9
60.
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Paul
142 0
61.
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Anders
138 0
61.
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Inge
138 -6
61.
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Trygve
138 -4
64.
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Willy
135 +3
65.
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Håkon
124 +9
66.
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Jarle
122 -1
67.
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Frank
121 +4
67.
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Peter
121 0
69.
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Arve
118 +8
70.
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Robert
117 -3
71.
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Roald
115 +7
72.
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David
113 +8
73.
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Rune
111 new
74.
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Jostein
110 -8
74.
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Sigmund
110 -11
76.
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Dagfinn
106 +8
77.
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Atle
105 +10
78.
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Morten
104 +16
78.
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Roy
104 -5
78.
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Sven
104 -8
81.
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Roger
103 +1
82.
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Arnfinn
102 +15
83.
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Kai
100 -2
83.
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Sigurd
100 -8
85.
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Johannes
99 -7
85.
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Magnar
99 +1
87.
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Birger
98 -5
88.
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Ulf
96 -3
89.
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Harry
91 -18
90.
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Jørgen
87 +1
91.
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Torstein
83 new
92.
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Martin
80 -1
92.
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Michael
80 +8
92.
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Tormod
80 +3
95.
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Eivind
79 -19
95.
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Otto
79 new
97.
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Pål
76 0
98.
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Johnny
75 new
98.
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William
75 new
100.
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Olaf
74 -11
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,477 0
2.
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Inger
1,136 0
3.
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Kari
921 0
4.
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Liv
907 0
5.
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Marit
856 0
6.
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Bjørg
720 0
7.
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Berit
710 0
8.
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Gerd
577 +1
9.
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Eva
573 -1
10.
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Karin
555 +1
11.
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Randi
527 -1
12.
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Solveig
491 +1
13.
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Aud
484 +1
14.
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Astrid
483 +2
15.
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Turid
478 -3
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Else
451 -1
17.
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Reidun
407 0
18.
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Kirsten
402 +1
19.
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Tove
401 -1
20.
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Wenche
397 +1
21.
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Grethe
366 +3
22.
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Torill
361 +8
23.
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Jorunn
357 -3
24.
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Åse
356 -1
25.
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Ragnhild
342 -3
26.
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Ingrid
341 -1
27.
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Grete
337 +2
28.
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Unni
328 +3
29.
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Vigdis
314 -3
30.
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Ellen
311 +3
31.
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Britt
306 +1
32.
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Laila
302 -4
33.
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Eli
268 +2
34.
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Sissel
264 -7
35.
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Toril
249 +2
36.
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Brit
245 -2
37.
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Elisabeth
210 +2
38.
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Bodil
204 -2
39.
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Ruth
196 +2
40.
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Gunn
190 +7
41.
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May
179 +5
42.
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Lillian
172 +1
43.
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Anna
171 -3
44.
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Synnøve
168 +11
45.
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Bente
148 -2
46.
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Torunn
147 +15
47.
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Solfrid
146 +3
48.
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Elin
145 -10
48.
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Mary
145 +7
48.
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Torhild
145 +14
48.
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Torild
145 +15
52.
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Anne-Lise
143 0
53.
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Irene
142 0
54.
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Rigmor
139 -9
55.
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Ann
137 +32
56.
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Kirsti
135 +11
57.
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Mette
132 -8
57.
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Tone
132 -15
59.
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Jorun
124 +11
59.
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Karen
124 -9
61.
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Lisbeth
121 +3
61.
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Marie
121 +10
63.
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Aase
119 -15
64.
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Elsa
118 -5
65.
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Sonja
116 0
66.
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Sidsel
114 -13
67.
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Sigrid
109 -10
68.
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Signe
108 -9
69.
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Gro
107 -2
70.
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Gunvor
106 -12
70.
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Helga
106 -5
72.
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Birgit
99 -3
73.
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Åshild
96 +12
74.
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Ingebjørg
92 +4
74.
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Ingunn
92 0
74.
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Marianne
92 +20
77.
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Sigrun
91 new
78.
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Lise
90 -6
78.
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Mona
90 -2
80.
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Maria
82 +6
81.
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Olaug
80 -2
82.
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Gudrun
79 new
83.
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Anny
76 new
83.
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Eldbjørg
76 +8
83.
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Erna
76 +5
83.
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Hanne
76 0
87.
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Ingeborg
75 -8
87.
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Rita
75 -8
89.
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Aslaug
74 -14
89.
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Magnhild
74 -12
89.
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Sølvi
74 new
92.
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Guri
73 new
93.
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Greta
72 -21
94.
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Kjellaug
71 0
95.
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Hilde
70 new
96.
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Edel
69 -5
97.
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Margit
67 new
97.
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Tordis
67 -13
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Astri
66 -3
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Evy
66 -11