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
1,442 0
2.
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Bjørn
1,125 +1
3.
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Per
1,065 -1
4.
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Geir
993 0
5.
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Terje
739 +2
6.
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Rune
699 -1
7.
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Lars
682 -1
8.
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Knut
664 +2
9.
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Kjell
659 +3
10.
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Trond
647 -1
11.
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Svein
604 -3
12.
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Ole
585 -1
13.
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Morten
575 +1
14.
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Hans
521 +2
15.
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Tor
511 0
16.
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Arne
498 +1
17.
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Tore
490 +2
18.
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John
481 -5
19.
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Tom
435 -1
20.
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Odd
422 0
21.
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Erik
417 0
22.
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Roger
392 +11
23.
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Frode
377 +2
24.
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Frank
376 0
25.
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Jon
351 -3
26.
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Stig
350 -3
27.
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Dag
329 -1
27.
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Stein
329 +2
29.
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Øyvind
323 +3
30.
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Helge
309 0
30.
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Steinar
309 +4
32.
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Vidar
304 +4
33.
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Rolf
286 -2
34.
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Roy
283 -6
35.
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Leif
282 +4
36.
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Harald
281 -1
37.
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Arild
269 -10
38.
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Nils
266 -1
39.
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Pål
252 -1
40.
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Kjetil
251 +6
41.
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Gunnar
243 +2
42.
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Anders
238 0
43.
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Jørn
233 +5
44.
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Roar
230 +3
44.
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Robert
230 -4
46.
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Jarle
224 -5
46.
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Øystein
224 -1
48.
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Olav
214 -4
49.
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Espen
196 +6
50.
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Ivar
192 +1
51.
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Ove
187 -2
52.
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Einar
186 -1
53.
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Atle
179 0
54.
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Thor
166 +2
55.
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Magne
165 -5
56.
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Jens
161 +2
56.
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Johnny
161 -2
58.
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Alf
158 +2
58.
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Egil
158 +1
60.
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Kai
157 +8
61.
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Karl
155 -4
62.
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Finn
154 0
63.
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Petter
145 +1
64.
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Jonny
144 0
65.
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Ståle
135 +8
66.
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Arve
134 +11
66.
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Kurt
134 -5
68.
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Thomas
132 -2
69.
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Peter
130 +7
69.
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Ronny
130 +5
71.
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Torgeir
127 +22
72.
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Bård
126 +10
73.
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Henning
125 +14
73.
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Michael
125 -3
75.
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Sven
121 +10
76.
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Kenneth
118 +2
77.
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Paul
117 -8
77.
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Torbjørn
117 -6
79.
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Eivind
116 -1
79.
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Kåre
116 +5
81.
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Tommy
115 -18
82.
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Håkon
111 -1
83.
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Sverre
109 +10
84.
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Christian
107 +15
84.
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Johan
107 +5
84.
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Martin
107 -4
87.
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Inge
106 -13
88.
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Asbjørn
105 +2
88.
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Ola
105 -16
90.
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Håvard
104 -4
90.
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Jostein
104 -23
92.
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Bjørnar
100 +4
92.
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Eirik
100 new
94.
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Henrik
99 new
95.
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Fred
98 new
95.
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Runar
98 new
97.
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Ketil
97 -1
98.
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Ulf
94 +1
99.
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Reidar
92 -7
100.
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Åge
91 -18
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,850 0
2.
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Heidi
751 +2
3.
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Hilde
701 0
4.
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Nina
688 -2
5.
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Bente
683 0
6.
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Anita
658 +4
7.
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Marianne
578 0
8.
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Kristin
567 0
9.
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Tove
565 +5
10.
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Inger
564 -4
10.
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Marit
564 -1
12.
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Kari
524 -1
13.
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Tone
515 0
14.
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Wenche
505 +1
15.
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Mette
503 -3
16.
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Mona
484 0
17.
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Eva
443 0
18.
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Ann
439 0
19.
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Elin
397 +1
20.
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Hanne
393 +5
21.
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Elisabeth
372 -2
22.
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Liv
354 -1
23.
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Ellen
352 +3
24.
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Linda
337 +4
25.
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Berit
325 -3
26.
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Sissel
317 -4
27.
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Trine
314 0
28.
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Gunn
309 +1
29.
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Randi
292 -5
30.
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Hege
289 +5
31.
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Siv
279 +5
32.
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Laila
273 -2
33.
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Irene
268 +9
34.
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Grethe
263 +15
35.
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May
255 +3
36.
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Monica
254 +15
37.
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Merete
250 +11
38.
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Lise
242 -5
39.
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Rita
233 -9
40.
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Karin
232 -8
41.
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Astrid
228 -2
42.
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Kjersti
226 -8
43.
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Gro
223 -6
44.
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Eli
221 +6
45.
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Ingrid
220 -4
46.
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Lisbeth
219 -2
47.
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Janne
215 +9
48.
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Britt
203 -2
49.
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Unni
199 +3
50.
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Maria
194 +4
51.
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Åse
191 -6
52.
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Grete
187 -12
53.
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Line
185 +3
54.
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Jorunn
175 -7
55.
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Solveig
173 -12
56.
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Aud
171 +6
57.
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Turid
170 -2
58.
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Anna
167 0
58.
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Vigdis
167 +6
60.
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Ingunn
165 -8
61.
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Siri
164 -1
62.
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Gry
155 +11
63.
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Trude
154 -1
64.
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Bjørg
152 -5
65.
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Ragnhild
147 0
66.
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Else
139 0
66.
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Torill
139 -5
68.
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Lene
138 +4
69.
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Kirsti
136 +10
70.
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Beate
132 -2
71.
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Reidun
130 -2
72.
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Kirsten
120 -5
73.
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Cathrine
119 +18
74.
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Lillian
116 +7
75.
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Brit
113 +3
75.
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Sølvi
113 +2
77.
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Helle
111 +6
78.
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Anette
109 -7
78.
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Lena
109 +12
80.
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Aina
107 +8
81.
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Synnøve
106 +5
82.
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Bodil
105 -13
83.
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Gerd
104 -2
84.
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Jane
103 -4
85.
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Siw
100 +10
86.
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Torunn
98 -10
87.
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Susanne
97 +11
88.
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Vibeke
95 -4
89.
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Ruth
94 -3
90.
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Toril
93 -16
91.
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Helene
90 +4
92.
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Karen
87 -17
93.
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Birgit
83 -8
93.
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Mariann
83 new
93.
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Monika
83 new
96.
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Sonja
80 new
97.
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Helen
78 -8
97.
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Merethe
78 -3
99.
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Cecilie
77 new
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Marie
77 +1