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
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Jan
1,390 0 +81 +6.2%
2.
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Bjørn
1,031 +1 +84 +8.9%
3.
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Per
1,024 -1 -71 -6.5%
4.
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Kjell
970 0 +42 +4.5%
5.
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Svein
812 0 -74 -8.4%
6.
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Arne
671 0 -2 -0.3%
7.
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Terje
658 +1 +44 +7.2%
8.
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Knut
655 -1 -13 -1.9%
9.
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Odd
580 0 +33 +6.0%
10.
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Hans
512 +2 +9 +1.8%
11.
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Tor
501 0 -22 -4.2%
12.
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Ole
494 -2 -31 -5.9%
13.
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Helge
492 +4 +103 +26.5%
14.
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John
475 -1 -27 -5.4%
15.
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Gunnar
455 -1 +20 +4.6%
16.
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Tore
427 +2 +50 +13.3%
17.
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Geir
419 +4 +61 +17.0%
17.
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Stein
419 +15 +155 +58.7%
19.
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Rolf
416 -5 -19 -4.4%
20.
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Lars
383 0 +19 +5.2%
21.
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Leif
378 -5 -15 -3.8%
22.
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Steinar
371 -3 +2 +0.5%
23.
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Trond
359 +7 +69 +23.8%
24.
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Harald
357 -2 +13 +3.8%
25.
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Nils
334 -1 +18 +5.7%
25.
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Olav
334 0 +29 +9.5%
27.
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Arild
320 0 +19 +6.3%
28.
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Erik
286 -5 -37 -11.5%
29.
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Einar
280 -3 -24 -7.9%
30.
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Tom
276 -2 -23 -7.7%
31.
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Jon
271 0 -3 -1.1%
32.
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Egil
270 +1 +16 +6.3%
33.
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Kåre
261 -4 -32 -10.9%
34.
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Dag
255 +6 +53 +26.2%
35.
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Rune
254 +8 +60 +30.9%
36.
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Ivar
245 -1 +11 +4.7%
37.
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Alf
229 +2 +20 +9.6%
38.
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Magne
216 -4 -25 -10.4%
39.
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Øyvind
202 -1 -8 -3.8%
40.
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Arvid
201 +2 +5 +2.6%
41.
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Morten
200 +21 +61 +43.9%
42.
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Thor
195 +6 +20 +11.4%
43.
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Karl
193 +1 +4 +2.1%
44.
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Finn
189 -8 -30 -13.7%
44.
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Øystein
189 +6 +24 +14.5%
46.
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Roar
188 +11 +35 +22.9%
46.
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Vidar
188 -5 -11 -5.5%
48.
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Frank
180 +1 +12 +7.1%
49.
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Reidar
177 -12 -36 -16.9%
50.
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Torbjørn
176 +5 +17 +10.7%
51.
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Ove
171 -6 -12 -6.6%
52.
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Asbjørn
166 -6 -16 -8.8%
53.
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Åge
163 +11 +26 +19.0%
53.
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Sverre
163 -6 -16 -8.9%
55.
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Inge
162 -1 +1 +0.6%
55.
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Ola
162 +11 +35 +27.6%
57.
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Jens
150 0 -3 -2.0%
58.
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Arnfinn
147 +31 +59 +67.0%
58.
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Oddvar
147 -6 -15 -9.3%
60.
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Arve
143 +2 +4 +2.9%
61.
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Bjarne
141 -10 -23 -14.0%
62.
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Erling
140 -10 -22 -13.6%
63.
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Johan
134 -8 -25 -15.7%
63.
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Kurt
134 +15 +36 +36.7%
65.
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Ragnar
133 -6 -17 -11.3%
66.
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Paul
128 -5 -16 -11.1%
67.
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Jostein
123 +7 +20 +19.4%
67.
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Roy
123 +4 +13 +11.8%
69.
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Øivind
121 -4 -9 -6.9%
69.
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Roger
121 -2 0 0.0%
71.
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Anders
120 -11 -28 -18.9%
72.
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Stig
118 +11 +24 +25.5%
73.
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Robert
112 -1 +4 +3.7%
74.
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Dagfinn
104 +5 +7 +7.2%
75.
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Jørn
103 +20 +24 +30.4%
75.
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Petter
103 +5 +7 +7.3%
77.
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Roald
102 -9 -13 -11.3%
77.
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Sven
102 +7 +9 +9.7%
79.
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Kai
101 -4 -1 -1.0%
80.
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Magnar
100 +6 +9 +9.9%
81.
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Peter
99 -11 -14 -12.4%
82.
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Trygve
97 -14 -18 -15.7%
83.
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Johnny
96 -2 +1 +1.1%
83.
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Martin
96 +8 +10 +11.6%
83.
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Michael
96 +4 +6 +6.7%
83.
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Pål
96 +10 +11 +12.9%
83.
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Sigmund
96 -6 -4 -4.0%
88.
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Eivind
94 -4 +1 +1.1%
89.
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David
91 -8 -4 -4.2%
90.
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Harry
89 -2 0 0.0%
90.
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Sigurd
89 +7 +13 +17.1%
92.
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Atle
88 -2 +1 +1.1%
92.
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Frode
88 +6 +13 +17.3%
92.
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Jarle
88 -19 -17 -16.2%
95.
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Willy
87 +5 +14 +19.2%
96.
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Håkon
85 -5 -1 -1.2%
96.
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Torstein
85 0 +7 +9.0%
98.
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Arnt
83 new new new
98.
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Bernt
83 new new new
98.
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Birger
83 -22 -18 -17.8%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anne
1,688 0 +152 +9.9%
2.
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Inger
1,001 0 +1 +0.1%
3.
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Kari
750 +1 -5 -0.7%
4.
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Marit
701 -1 -74 -9.5%
5.
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Liv
681 0 +6 +0.9%
6.
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Eva
579 +1 +23 +4.1%
7.
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Berit
548 -1 -67 -10.9%
8.
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Randi
530 0 -10 -1.9%
9.
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Bjørg
503 0 -8 -1.6%
10.
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Wenche
502 +2 +85 +20.4%
11.
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Bente
478 +5 +113 +31.0%
12.
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Aud
464 -2 +29 +6.7%
13.
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Tove
452 +2 +75 +19.9%
14.
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Karin
409 -3 -12 -2.9%
15.
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Gerd
387 -2 -10 -2.5%
16.
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Else
376 +4 +52 +16.0%
17.
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Astrid
346 -3 -35 -9.2%
18.
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Kirsten
322 +5 +10 +3.2%
19.
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Torill
316 0 -9 -2.8%
19.
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Turid
316 -1 -35 -10.0%
19.
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Unni
316 +3 +1 +0.3%
22.
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Sissel
309 +10 +50 +19.3%
23.
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Jorunn
307 +3 +13 +4.4%
23.
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Reidun
307 +2 +5 +1.7%
25.
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Ellen
301 -4 -20 -6.2%
26.
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Grete
298 0 +4 +1.4%
27.
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Britt
297 +3 +31 +11.7%
28.
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Vigdis
289 +6 +34 +13.3%
29.
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Åse
285 -5 -22 -7.2%
30.
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Solveig
283 -13 -78 -21.6%
31.
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Gunn
282 +6 +40 +16.5%
32.
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Ingrid
281 -1 +21 +8.1%
33.
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Grethe
280 -4 -4 -1.4%
34.
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Elisabeth
271 -1 +13 +5.0%
35.
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Laila
261 +1 +12 +4.8%
36.
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Eli
237 +2 +12 +5.3%
37.
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Brit
231 -2 -21 -8.3%
38.
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Irene
230 +2 +22 +10.6%
39.
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Elin
226 +5 +52 +29.9%
40.
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Ragnhild
224 -12 -64 -22.2%
41.
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Bodil
214 -2 -3 -1.4%
42.
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May
203 0 +5 +2.5%
43.
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Toril
201 +9 +61 +43.6%
44.
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Ann
200 +5 +53 +36.1%
45.
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Ruth
191 -2 +6 +3.2%
46.
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Gro
185 0 +29 +18.6%
46.
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Tone
185 +7 +50 +37.0%
48.
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Lisbeth
184 -7 -17 -8.5%
49.
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Kirsti
178 -1 +27 +17.9%
50.
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Marianne
174 -5 +2 +1.2%
51.
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Lillian
149 -5 -7 -4.5%
52.
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Mette
146 -2 0 0.0%
52.
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Rigmor
146 +2 +13 +9.8%
54.
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Anna
140 -3 -1 -0.7%
55.
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Rita
133 +4 +15 +12.7%
56.
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Solfrid
132 +4 +19 +16.8%
56.
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Synnøve
132 -1 0 0.0%
56.
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Torunn
132 0 +1 +0.8%
59.
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Sidsel
131 +12 +32 +32.3%
60.
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Hanne
128 +8 +25 +24.3%
60.
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Karen
128 +6 +22 +20.8%
62.
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Torild
127 -1 +17 +15.5%
63.
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Hilde
126 +16 +41 +48.2%
64.
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Torhild
122 -6 0 0.0%
65.
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Kristin
120 +8 +26 +27.7%
66.
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Birgit
117 +9 +29 +33.0%
67.
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Mona
109 -10 -17 -13.5%
68.
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Sigrid
108 +19 +36 +50.0%
68.
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Sonja
108 -7 -2 -1.8%
70.
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Ingunn
106 +2 +8 +8.2%
71.
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Nina
103 +9 +22 +27.2%
72.
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Mary
101 -7 -7 -6.5%
73.
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Evy
95 +11 +20 +26.7%
74.
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Anne-Lise
92 -10 -17 -15.6%
75.
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Jorun
90 -14 -20 -18.2%
76.
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Aase
89 +16 +23 +34.8%
76.
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Lise
89 -9 -15 -14.4%
78.
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Signe
87 -9 -15 -14.7%
79.
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Gunvor
86 -5 -3 -3.4%
79.
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Kjersti
86 +14 +21 +32.3%
79.
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Marie
86 -10 -16 -15.7%
82.
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Sølvi
81 -7 -7 -8.0%
83.
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Helga
80 +2 +6 +8.1%
84.
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Gunhild
78 +6 +9 +13.0%
85.
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Anita
74 -4 -5 -6.3%
85.
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Ingebjørg
74 -4 -5 -6.3%
85.
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Maria
74 -8 -13 -14.9%
88.
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Linda
73 -1 +1 +1.4%
89.
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Olaug
72 -4 -2 -2.7%
90.
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Åshild
70 -7 -7 -9.1%
90.
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Sigrun
70 -12 -16 -18.6%
92.
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Ingeborg
67 +5 +5 +8.1%
93.
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Målfrid
61 new new new
93.
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Oddny
61 new new new
95.
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Lill
60 new new new
95.
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Margaret
60 -5 -9 -13.0%
97.
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Ellinor
59 new new new
98.
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Edel
58 -5 -7 -10.8%
99.
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Erna
57 -6 -8 -12.3%
99.
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Greta
57 new new new