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
1,481 0
2.
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Per
1,166 0
3.
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Bjørn
973 0
4.
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Kjell
849 0
5.
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Svein
755 0
6.
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Geir
747 +1
7.
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Terje
682 -1
8.
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Knut
627 0
9.
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Arne
615 0
10.
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Odd
567 +2
11.
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Ole
530 +2
12.
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John
497 -1
13.
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Trond
492 +2
14.
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Rune
468 +2
15.
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Tor
463 -5
16.
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Tore
455 +5
17.
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Hans
435 -3
18.
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Tom
413 +4
19.
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Rolf
410 0
20.
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Lars
406 -3
21.
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Leif
394 +4
22.
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Morten
391 +6
23.
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Stein
378 -5
24.
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Arild
365 +4
25.
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Gunnar
362 -1
26.
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Helge
349 -6
27.
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Steinar
346 -4
28.
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Erik
317 -1
29.
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Harald
311 -3
30.
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Dag
299 0
31.
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Jon
294 +1
32.
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Nils
288 +1
33.
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Olav
258 -2
34.
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Frank
245 +5
35.
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Roy
242 +5
35.
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Vidar
242 +1
37.
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Øyvind
235 +3
38.
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Einar
234 -1
39.
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Roar
232 -1
40.
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Magne
218 -5
41.
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Ivar
216 +1
42.
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Egil
215 -8
43.
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Roger
210 +1
44.
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Finn
207 +3
45.
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Johnny
204 +9
46.
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Alf
193 -2
46.
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Kåre
193 -3
48.
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Ove
185 +5
49.
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Karl
183 0
50.
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Øystein
175 -4
51.
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Stig
170 -2
52.
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Pål
166 +15
53.
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Thor
164 -1
54.
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Åge
160 +4
55.
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Jens
156 0
56.
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Reidar
154 -8
57.
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Anders
147 +8
58.
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Inge
145 +6
59.
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Asbjørn
143 0
59.
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Sverre
143 +3
61.
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Frode
142 0
62.
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Arvid
139 -11
62.
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Oddvar
139 +4
64.
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Ola
136 -4
65.
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Jarle
135 +10
65.
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Torbjørn
135 -9
67.
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Johan
130 +10
68.
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Paul
128 +4
68.
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Peter
128 +6
70.
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Arve
127 -8
70.
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Jørn
127 0
70.
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Jostein
127 +12
73.
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Atle
126 +7
73.
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Erling
126 -16
75.
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Håkon
124 -6
76.
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Kurt
122 -9
77.
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Kai
120 +6
78.
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Petter
116 -6
79.
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Robert
111 0
80.
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Bjarne
110 -10
81.
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Arnfinn
109 -4
81.
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Sven
109 +3
83.
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Ragnar
103 +2
84.
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Kjetil
101 +2
85.
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Dagfinn
100 +9
86.
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Øivind
99 -10
87.
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Ulf
95 +1
88.
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Audun
91 new
88.
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Bernt
91 +6
90.
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Trygve
89 +3
91.
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David
88 0
92.
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Michael
87 0
92.
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Roald
87 -3
94.
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Eivind
83 -13
95.
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Ketil
82 new
96.
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Bent
80 new
96.
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Magnar
80 -2
98.
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Willy
79 +1
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Tormod
74 new
100.
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Arnt
73 -10
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,762 0
2.
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Bente
849 +1
3.
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Inger
788 -1
4.
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Kari
702 +1
5.
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Marit
643 -1
6.
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Liv
630 0
7.
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Wenche
578 0
8.
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Tove
567 +1
9.
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Eva
538 +1
10.
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Berit
503 -2
11.
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Randi
489 0
12.
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Bjørg
394 0
13.
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Grethe
390 +15
14.
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Unni
389 -1
15.
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Aud
373 -1
16.
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Sissel
370 +7
17.
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Gunn
352 -1
18.
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Tone
345 +11
19.
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Turid
342 -1
20.
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Karin
338 0
21.
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Grete
337 +9
22.
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Astrid
328 -6
23.
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Ellen
327 -8
24.
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Ann
320 0
25.
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Torill
315 +15
26.
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Hilde
312 +22
27.
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May
311 0
28.
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Mona
300 +11
29.
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Elin
299 -7
30.
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Elisabeth
298 -4
31.
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Marianne
294 +12
32.
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Britt
290 -1
33.
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Anita
288 +18
34.
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Solveig
285 0
35.
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Jorunn
280 +2
36.
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Gro
273 +13
36.
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Vigdis
273 -11
38.
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Laila
268 +4
39.
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Åse
267 -18
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Ingrid
267 -4
41.
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Gerd
264 -22
42.
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Else
259 -4
43.
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Heidi
255 +9
44.
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Mette
251 +1
45.
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Reidun
241 -14
46.
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Kirsten
233 -13
47.
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Brit
222 0
48.
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Rita
220 +2
49.
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Ragnhild
217 -8
50.
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Lisbeth
214 -6
51.
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Hanne
199 +8
51.
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Nina
199 +3
53.
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Bodil
195 +2
54.
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Kristin
193 -1
55.
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Eli
191 -19
56.
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Irene
178 -11
57.
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Ingunn
170 -1
58.
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Torunn
159 +5
59.
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Toril
156 -1
60.
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Ruth
149 0
61.
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Lillian
148 -4
62.
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Sølvi
147 +3
63.
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Lise
122 +8
64.
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Kirsti
121 -2
65.
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Anna
118 -2
66.
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Maria
113 +2
67.
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Sonja
112 +7
68.
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Karen
111 0
69.
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Kjersti
110 -2
70.
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Torhild
108 +2
71.
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Synnøve
106 -6
72.
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Solfrid
105 -2
73.
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Linda
104 +5
74.
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Rigmor
98 -13
75.
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Evy
96 -2
76.
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Mary
88 +2
77.
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Jane
86 +16
78.
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Birgit
85 +7
78.
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Janne
85 +5
80.
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Signe
80 -4
81.
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Anne-Lise
78 +6
82.
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Jorun
75 -5
82.
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Siri
75 -2
84.
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Trine
74 +15
85.
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Helen
73 +10
85.
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Siv
73 +5
87.
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Sigrid
72 -1
88.
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Hege
68 new
88.
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Mari
68 new
88.
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Torild
68 -7
91.
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Helga
67 -7
91.
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Sidsel
67 -17
93.
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Sigrun
65 -12
94.
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Vera
64 0
95.
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Anny
62 new
95.
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Ingeborg
62 new
95.
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Olaug
62 -6
98.
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Lill
61 -1
99.
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Guri
60 0
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Merete
60 -2