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
1,439 0
2.
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Per
1,139 0
3.
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Bjørn
1,017 0
4.
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Geir
779 +1
4.
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Kjell
779 0
6.
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Svein
706 0
7.
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Terje
657 0
8.
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Knut
640 0
9.
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Morten
639 +8
10.
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Arne
556 0
11.
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Rune
530 -2
12.
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Tor
525 +1
12.
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Trond
525 +6
14.
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Ole
516 -3
15.
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Tom
509 0
16.
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Odd
485 -2
17.
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John
481 -5
18.
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Hans
472 -3
19.
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Lars
451 0
20.
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Tore
430 0
21.
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Rolf
383 0
22.
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Helge
349 +2
23.
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Leif
345 +5
24.
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Stein
324 -2
25.
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Harald
311 +2
26.
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Gunnar
310 -3
26.
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Nils
310 +6
28.
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Erik
301 -2
29.
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Jon
298 -1
30.
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Arild
291 0
31.
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Olav
281 +2
32.
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Frank
278 +3
33.
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Steinar
273 -8
34.
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Dag
268 -3
35.
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Roy
255 +5
36.
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Øyvind
245 +2
37.
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Vidar
240 -1
38.
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Magne
235 +8
39.
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Einar
219 -3
39.
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Roger
219 -1
41.
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Roar
213 +1
42.
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Ove
209 -1
42.
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Pål
209 +11
44.
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Frode
203 +7
45.
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Kåre
199 +2
46.
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Egil
186 -12
46.
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Øystein
186 -1
48.
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Ivar
185 -5
49.
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Stig
183 +3
50.
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Finn
173 -1
51.
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Alf
168 -7
52.
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Jørn
161 +9
53.
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Jens
158 +15
54.
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Tommy
155 +35
55.
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Ola
152 +4
56.
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Karl
147 -2
57.
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Johnny
144 0
58.
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Atle
142 +10
58.
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Thor
142 -10
60.
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Kurt
139 +3
61.
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Torbjørn
138 +10
62.
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Inge
137 +3
62.
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Petter
137 -7
64.
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Peter
135 +13
65.
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Jarle
134 +17
66.
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Åge
133 -3
67.
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Sverre
131 +8
68.
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Arve
130 -11
69.
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Anders
125 -19
70.
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Arvid
123 -4
70.
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Reidar
123 -14
72.
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Asbjørn
121 -12
73.
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Oddvar
119 +6
74.
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Kai
116 +8
74.
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Paul
116 +4
76.
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Ulf
113 new
77.
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Espen
110 +14
77.
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Robert
110 -6
79.
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Erling
108 -11
79.
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Håkon
108 -12
79.
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Jostein
108 -17
82.
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Kjetil
98 +9
83.
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Eivind
97 +2
84.
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Sven
96 -8
85.
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Ketil
95 +4
85.
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Øivind
95 -12
87.
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Thomas
93 new
88.
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Johan
92 -4
89.
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Bjarne
91 -16
90.
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Arnfinn
90 -2
90.
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Bernt
90 +10
90.
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Ragnar
90 -9
93.
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David
89 +1
94.
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Arnt
88 +4
95.
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Bård
87 new
96.
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Henning
85 -10
97.
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Michael
82 -3
97.
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Runar
82 -17
99.
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Andrzej
78 new
99.
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Willy
78 -5
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,924 0
2.
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Bente
809 +1
3.
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Inger
729 -1
4.
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Kari
636 +1
5.
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Marit
581 -1
6.
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Liv
559 +1
7.
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Tove
536 -1
8.
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Eva
531 +1
9.
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Hilde
507 +9
10.
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Wenche
505 -2
11.
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Marianne
456 +12
12.
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Sissel
439 0
13.
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Berit
437 -3
14.
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Mona
396 +2
15.
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Tone
395 -1
16.
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Randi
394 -5
17.
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Unni
379 +3
18.
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Anita
358 -3
19.
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Gunn
357 -2
20.
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Grete
351 +5
21.
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Bjørg
333 +6
22.
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Ann
324 +8
23.
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Karin
323 +1
24.
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Astrid
320 -5
25.
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Heidi
317 +14
26.
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Grethe
315 -13
27.
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Aud
308 -5
27.
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Ellen
308 -2
29.
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Elisabeth
288 +1
29.
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Nina
288 +13
31.
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Elin
280 -2
32.
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Gro
279 -11
32.
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Turid
279 0
34.
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May
277 0
35.
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Kristin
271 +12
35.
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Mette
271 +11
37.
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Torill
258 -9
38.
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Åse
251 -5
39.
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Solveig
240 -2
40.
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Eli
239 -5
40.
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Laila
239 +7
42.
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Hanne
238 +3
43.
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Ingrid
231 0
44.
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Britt
230 0
45.
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Reidun
220 +6
45.
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Vigdis
220 -9
47.
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Gerd
219 -6
48.
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Lisbeth
217 +5
49.
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Ragnhild
213 +1
50.
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Jorunn
204 -12
51.
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Rita
202 +1
52.
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Kirsten
191 -3
53.
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Irene
186 +4
54.
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Bodil
170 0
55.
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Brit
164 +1
56.
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Else
163 -16
57.
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Toril
159 -2
58.
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Linda
153 +6
58.
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Sølvi
153 +4
60.
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Lise
147 +6
61.
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Lillian
146 -2
61.
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Maria
146 +4
61.
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Siri
146 +13
64.
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Ruth
141 +3
65.
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Kirsti
137 +5
66.
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Synnøve
135 -6
67.
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Trine
133 +2
68.
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Kjersti
130 -7
69.
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Ingunn
129 -11
70.
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Torunn
128 -7
71.
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Anna
119 +1
72.
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Janne
101 +4
72.
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Karen
101 -1
74.
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Hege
99 +16
75.
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Torhild
97 -7
76.
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Solfrid
96 -3
77.
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Jane
94 +4
78.
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Evy
93 +7
79.
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Rigmor
92 +1
80.
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Ingeborg
87 +11
81.
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Mariann
85 +10
82.
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Trude
82 new
83.
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Birgit
76 -1
83.
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Gry
76 new
83.
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Guri
76 +17
86.
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Sonja
75 -7
87.
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Siv
74 -3
88.
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Torild
72 -13
89.
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Mary
68 -12
90.
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Jorun
67 -13
90.
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Marie
67 -5
90.
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Merete
67 new
93.
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Sigrun
66 new
94.
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Helga
65 -7
95.
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Monica
64 new
95.
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Signe
64 -7
97.
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Anne-Lise
62 -8
97.
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Mari
62 new
99.
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Olaug
61 new
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Åshild
60 -5