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
1,474 0
2.
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Per
1,137 0
3.
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Bjørn
1,021 0
4.
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Kjell
850 0
5.
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Svein
803 0
6.
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Terje
683 0
7.
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Geir
663 +2
8.
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Knut
640 0
9.
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Arne
638 -2
10.
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Tor
553 +1
11.
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John
548 0
12.
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Odd
543 -2
13.
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Ole
506 0
14.
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Hans
485 0
15.
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Trond
444 +1
16.
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Rune
434 +10
17.
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Lars
418 +2
18.
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Stein
415 -3
19.
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Rolf
397 +1
20.
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Helge
388 -2
21.
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Tore
386 -4
22.
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Tom
385 +2
23.
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Steinar
366 -1
24.
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Gunnar
352 -3
25.
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Leif
348 -2
26.
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Harald
342 +5
27.
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Erik
331 -2
28.
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Arild
315 -1
28.
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Morten
315 0
30.
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Dag
300 +5
31.
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Olav
274 +1
32.
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Jon
270 -2
33.
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Nils
268 -4
34.
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Egil
263 +4
35.
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Magne
253 -1
36.
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Vidar
252 +3
37.
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Einar
251 -4
38.
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Roar
243 -1
39.
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Frank
233 -3
40.
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Øyvind
221 +2
40.
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Roy
221 +7
42.
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Ivar
219 -1
43.
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Kåre
216 -3
44.
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Alf
206 -1
44.
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Roger
206 +5
46.
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Øystein
205 -2
47.
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Finn
185 -1
48.
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Reidar
183 +2
49.
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Karl
179 +3
49.
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Stig
179 -1
51.
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Arvid
178 +1
52.
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Thor
169 -8
53.
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Ove
167 -3
54.
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Johnny
160 +16
55.
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Jens
159 -1
56.
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Torbjørn
156 +1
57.
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Erling
151 -2
58.
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Åge
150 +3
59.
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Asbjørn
147 0
60.
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Ola
144 -1
61.
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Frode
142 +13
62.
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Arve
141 +2
62.
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Sverre
141 -6
64.
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Inge
135 -3
65.
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Anders
134 -2
66.
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Oddvar
131 -8
67.
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Kurt
128 -3
67.
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Pål
128 +8
69.
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Håkon
125 +19
70.
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Bjarne
124 -3
70.
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Jørn
124 +5
72.
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Paul
123 -4
72.
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Petter
123 -1
74.
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Peter
120 +12
75.
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Jarle
116 +4
76.
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Øivind
113 -12
77.
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Arnfinn
111 +7
77.
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Johan
111 -5
79.
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Robert
106 -6
80.
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Atle
105 +7
81.
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Eivind
104 +13
82.
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Jostein
103 -13
83.
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Kai
99 -5
84.
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Sven
98 -2
85.
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Ragnar
97 -8
86.
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Henning
92 new
86.
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Kjetil
92 new
88.
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Ulf
91 +7
89.
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Roald
90 -1
90.
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Arnt
88 -10
91.
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David
86 -10
92.
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Michael
85 -4
93.
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Trygve
82 -9
94.
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Bernt
80 -1
94.
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Dagfinn
80 -3
94.
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Magnar
80 -11
97.
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Thomas
77 +3
97.
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Torgeir
77 0
99.
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Willy
76 -7
100.
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Sigurd
73 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,801 0
2.
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Inger
851 0
3.
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Bente
843 +3
4.
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Marit
693 -1
5.
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Kari
687 -1
6.
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Liv
651 -1
7.
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Wenche
547 +3
8.
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Berit
533 0
9.
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Tove
532 0
10.
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Eva
522 -3
11.
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Randi
500 0
12.
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Bjørg
403 0
13.
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Unni
391 0
14.
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Aud
383 0
15.
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Ellen
375 +4
16.
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Astrid
350 +2
16.
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Gunn
350 -1
18.
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Turid
339 +5
19.
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Gerd
326 -3
20.
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Karin
325 -3
21.
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Åse
318 +19
22.
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Elin
317 +4
23.
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Sissel
306 -2
24.
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Ann
302 +6
25.
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Vigdis
296 -4
26.
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Elisabeth
295 +1
27.
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May
293 +11
28.
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Grethe
291 +7
29.
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Tone
290 +9
30.
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Grete
285 -5
31.
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Britt
283 -3
31.
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Reidun
283 -11
33.
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Kirsten
282 +1
34.
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Solveig
280 -10
35.
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Ingrid
272 -6
36.
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Eli
271 0
37.
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Jorunn
263 -6
38.
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Else
254 -6
39.
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Mona
253 +7
40.
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Torill
251 -7
41.
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Ragnhild
237 -4
42.
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Laila
231 -1
43.
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Marianne
230 +4
44.
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Lisbeth
224 +5
45.
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Irene
223 0
45.
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Mette
223 -1
47.
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Brit
222 -5
48.
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Hilde
221 +14
49.
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Gro
220 -7
50.
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Rita
209 0
51.
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Anita
197 +12
52.
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Heidi
184 +9
53.
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Kristin
179 +1
54.
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Nina
175 +3
55.
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Bodil
170 -7
56.
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Ingunn
169 -3
57.
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Lillian
150 +1
58.
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Toril
146 -7
59.
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Hanne
140 -7
60.
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Ruth
131 -5
61.
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Rigmor
127 +9
62.
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Kirsti
124 -3
63.
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Anna
118 -7
63.
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Torunn
118 0
65.
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Sølvi
117 +1
65.
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Synnøve
117 +4
67.
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Kjersti
112 -1
68.
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Karen
109 -3
68.
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Maria
109 +5
70.
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Solfrid
107 -10
71.
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Lise
104 0
72.
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Torhild
102 -4
73.
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Evy
91 +9
74.
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Sidsel
90 +1
74.
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Sonja
90 -1
76.
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Signe
89 +9
77.
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Jorun
86 -2
78.
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Linda
84 +6
78.
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Mary
84 -6
80.
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Siri
83 -1
81.
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Sigrun
82 +1
81.
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Torild
82 -4
83.
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Janne
81 new
84.
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Helga
80 -4
85.
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Birgit
78 -7
86.
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Sigrid
75 +12
87.
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Anne-Lise
73 -7
87.
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Marie
73 +4
89.
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Olaug
69 0
90.
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Siv
68 -3
91.
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Gunvor
66 new
92.
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Åshild
64 -1
93.
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Jane
63 -6
94.
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Vera
62 -3
95.
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Aase
61 +3
95.
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Helen
61 +3
97.
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Lill
59 new
97.
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Merete
59 new
99.
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Guri
57 new
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Trine
57 -5