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
1,491 0 +52 +3.6%
2.
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Per
1,141 0 +2 +0.2%
3.
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Bjørn
1,014 0 -3 -0.3%
4.
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Geir
876 0 +97 +12.5%
5.
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Kjell
720 -1 -59 -7.6%
6.
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Svein
650 0 -56 -7.9%
6.
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Terje
650 +1 -7 -1.1%
8.
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Rune
640 +3 +110 +20.8%
9.
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Knut
626 -1 -14 -2.2%
10.
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Morten
607 -1 -32 -5.0%
11.
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Ole
565 +3 +49 +9.5%
12.
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Lars
547 +7 +96 +21.3%
13.
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Tom
517 +2 +8 +1.6%
14.
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Tor
508 -2 -17 -3.2%
15.
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Trond
504 -3 -21 -4.0%
16.
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Arne
502 -6 -54 -9.7%
17.
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John
471 0 -10 -2.1%
18.
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Odd
465 -2 -20 -4.1%
19.
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Hans
440 -1 -32 -6.8%
20.
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Tore
409 0 -21 -4.9%
21.
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Rolf
400 0 +17 +4.4%
22.
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Erik
328 +6 +27 +9.0%
23.
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Stein
324 +1 0 0.0%
24.
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Helge
321 -2 -28 -8.0%
25.
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Vidar
309 +12 +69 +28.8%
26.
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Steinar
306 +7 +33 +12.1%
27.
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Frank
305 +5 +27 +9.7%
28.
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Arild
300 +2 +9 +3.1%
29.
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Nils
296 -3 -14 -4.5%
30.
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Gunnar
295 -4 -15 -4.8%
31.
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Dag
294 +3 +26 +9.7%
32.
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Leif
280 -9 -65 -18.8%
33.
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Jon
275 -4 -23 -7.7%
34.
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Harald
262 -9 -49 -15.8%
35.
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Roy
248 0 -7 -2.7%
36.
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Olav
243 -5 -38 -13.5%
37.
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Roger
239 +2 +20 +9.1%
38.
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Stig
238 +11 +55 +30.1%
39.
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Øyvind
233 -3 -12 -4.9%
40.
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Einar
218 -1 -1 -0.5%
41.
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Frode
216 +3 +13 +6.4%
42.
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Egil
207 +4 +21 +11.3%
43.
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Roar
205 -2 -8 -3.8%
44.
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Pål
203 -2 -6 -2.9%
45.
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Ove
202 -3 -7 -3.3%
46.
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Ivar
196 +2 +11 +5.9%
47.
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Øystein
191 -1 +5 +2.7%
48.
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Magne
189 -10 -46 -19.6%
49.
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Anders
185 +20 +60 +48.0%
50.
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Alf
183 +1 +15 +8.9%
51.
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Finn
181 -1 +8 +4.6%
52.
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Jørn
172 0 +11 +6.8%
53.
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Jens
162 0 +4 +2.5%
54.
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Thor
161 +4 +19 +13.4%
55.
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Kåre
155 -10 -44 -22.1%
56.
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Tommy
151 -2 -4 -2.6%
57.
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Atle
147 +1 +5 +3.5%
57.
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Kurt
147 +3 +8 +5.8%
59.
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Petter
141 +3 +4 +2.9%
60.
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Johnny
138 -3 -6 -4.2%
60.
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Jostein
138 +19 +30 +27.8%
62.
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Inge
137 0 0 0.0%
63.
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Kai
133 +11 +17 +14.7%
64.
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Jarle
132 +1 -2 -1.5%
65.
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Asbjørn
131 +7 +10 +8.3%
65.
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Peter
131 -1 -4 -3.0%
67.
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Håkon
128 +12 +20 +18.5%
67.
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Karl
128 -11 -19 -12.9%
67.
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Ola
128 -12 -24 -15.8%
67.
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Torbjørn
128 -6 -10 -7.2%
71.
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Reidar
127 -1 +4 +3.3%
72.
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Sverre
126 -5 -5 -3.8%
73.
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Paul
123 +1 +7 +6.0%
74.
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Åge
122 -8 -11 -8.3%
75.
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Robert
119 +2 +9 +8.2%
76.
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Kjetil
116 +6 +18 +18.4%
77.
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Arvid
113 -7 -10 -8.1%
78.
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Johan
111 +10 +19 +20.7%
79.
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Erling
108 0 0 0.0%
79.
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Michael
108 +18 +26 +31.7%
81.
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Arve
106 -13 -24 -18.5%
82.
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Ragnar
103 +8 +13 +14.4%
83.
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Eivind
102 0 +5 +5.2%
84.
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Bjarne
99 +5 +8 +8.8%
85.
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Oddvar
98 -12 -21 -17.6%
86.
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Ståle
92 new new new
86.
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Sven
92 -2 -4 -4.2%
88.
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Espen
91 -11 -19 -17.3%
88.
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Henning
91 +8 +6 +7.1%
90.
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Jonny
89 new new new
91.
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David
86 +2 -3 -3.4%
92.
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Trygve
85 new new new
93.
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Arnfinn
84 -3 -6 -6.7%
93.
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Ketil
84 -8 -11 -11.6%
93.
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Mohammad
84 new new new
96.
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Ulf
82 -20 -31 -27.4%
97.
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Thomas
78 -10 -15 -16.1%
98.
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Arnt
77 -4 -11 -12.5%
98.
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Jørgen
77 new new new
98.
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Roald
77 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Anne
1,897 0 -27 -1.4%
2.
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Bente
750 0 -59 -7.3%
3.
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Kari
718 +1 +82 +12.9%
4.
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Inger
705 -1 -24 -3.3%
5.
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Marit
587 0 +6 +1.0%
6.
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Tove
526 +1 -10 -1.9%
7.
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Eva
514 +1 -17 -3.2%
8.
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Marianne
485 +3 +29 +6.4%
9.
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Wenche
483 +1 -22 -4.4%
10.
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Liv
472 -4 -87 -15.6%
11.
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Heidi
459 +14 +142 +44.8%
12.
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Hilde
446 -3 -61 -12.0%
13.
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Berit
432 0 -5 -1.1%
14.
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Nina
428 +15 +140 +48.6%
15.
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Anita
422 +3 +64 +17.9%
16.
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Sissel
407 -4 -32 -7.3%
17.
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Randi
388 -1 -6 -1.5%
18.
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Kristin
368 +17 +97 +35.8%
19.
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Tone
360 -4 -35 -8.9%
20.
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Mona
355 -6 -41 -10.4%
21.
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Gunn
351 -2 -6 -1.7%
22.
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Unni
347 -5 -32 -8.4%
23.
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Elisabeth
321 +6 +33 +11.5%
24.
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Bjørg
318 -3 -15 -4.5%
25.
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May
317 +9 +40 +14.4%
26.
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Elin
313 +5 +33 +11.8%
27.
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Ann
303 -5 -21 -6.5%
27.
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Ellen
303 0 -5 -1.6%
27.
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Grete
303 -7 -48 -13.7%
30.
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Grethe
294 -4 -21 -6.7%
31.
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Gro
281 +1 +2 +0.7%
31.
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Mette
281 +4 +10 +3.7%
33.
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Hanne
278 +9 +40 +16.8%
34.
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Turid
276 -2 -3 -1.1%
35.
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Astrid
265 -11 -55 -17.2%
36.
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Åse
263 +2 +12 +4.8%
37.
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Karin
262 -14 -61 -18.9%
38.
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Aud
261 -11 -47 -15.3%
39.
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Jorunn
249 +11 +45 +22.1%
40.
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Ingrid
237 +3 +6 +2.6%
41.
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Solveig
235 -2 -5 -2.1%
42.
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Torill
230 -5 -28 -10.9%
43.
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Rita
228 +8 +26 +12.9%
44.
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Eli
227 -4 -12 -5.0%
45.
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Laila
224 -5 -15 -6.3%
46.
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Britt
213 -2 -17 -7.4%
47.
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Irene
211 +6 +25 +13.4%
48.
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Lisbeth
208 0 -9 -4.1%
49.
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Gerd
207 -2 -12 -5.5%
50.
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Lise
199 +10 +52 +35.4%
51.
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Vigdis
197 -6 -23 -10.5%
52.
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Kirsten
184 0 -7 -3.7%
53.
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Bodil
178 +1 +8 +4.7%
54.
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Linda
175 +4 +22 +14.4%
55.
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Ragnhild
174 -6 -39 -18.3%
56.
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Brit
165 -1 +1 +0.6%
57.
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Else
164 -1 +1 +0.6%
58.
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Reidun
163 -13 -57 -25.9%
59.
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Kjersti
157 +9 +27 +20.8%
60.
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Siri
154 +1 +8 +5.5%
61.
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Toril
141 -4 -18 -11.3%
62.
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Ingunn
136 +7 +7 +5.4%
62.
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Sølvi
136 -4 -17 -11.1%
62.
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Trine
136 +5 +3 +2.3%
65.
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Lillian
135 -4 -11 -7.5%
66.
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Siv
134 +21 +60 +81.1%
67.
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Ruth
133 -3 -8 -5.7%
68.
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Anna
131 +3 +12 +10.1%
69.
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Hege
130 +5 +31 +31.3%
70.
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Torunn
128 0 0 0.0%
71.
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Janne
123 +1 +22 +21.8%
71.
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Maria
123 -10 -23 -15.8%
73.
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Kirsti
114 -8 -23 -16.8%
74.
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Jane
111 +3 +17 +18.1%
75.
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Karen
108 -3 +7 +6.9%
76.
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Synnøve
106 -10 -29 -21.5%
77.
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Solfrid
99 -1 +3 +3.1%
78.
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Merete
98 +12 +31 +46.3%
79.
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Evy
93 -1 0 0.0%
80.
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Sonja
86 +6 +11 +14.7%
81.
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Ingeborg
83 -1 -4 -4.6%
81.
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Marie
83 +9 +16 +23.9%
83.
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Signe
80 +12 +16 +25.0%
84.
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Jorun
78 +6 +11 +16.4%
84.
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Mari
78 +13 +16 +25.8%
86.
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Torhild
76 -11 -21 -21.6%
87.
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Vibeke
75 new new new
88.
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Rigmor
74 -9 -18 -19.6%
89.
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Gry
73 -6 -3 -3.9%
89.
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Mariann
73 -8 -12 -14.1%
91.
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Torild
72 -3 0 0.0%
92.
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Birgit
71 -9 -5 -6.6%
93.
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Trude
68 -11 -14 -17.1%
94.
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Mary
66 -5 -2 -2.9%
95.
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May-Britt
62 new new new
96.
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Sidsel
60 new new new
97.
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Lene
59 new new new
97.
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Lill
59 new new new
97.
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Monica
59 -2 -5 -7.8%
100.
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Anne-Lise
58 -3 -4 -6.5%