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
1,347 0
2.
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Bjørn
1,074 0
3.
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Geir
1,005 0
4.
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Per
909 0
5.
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Rune
839 0
6.
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Trond
708 +3
7.
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Lars
694 -1
7.
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Morten
694 0
9.
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Terje
621 -1
10.
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Svein
610 -1
11.
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Knut
568 0
12.
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Ole
560 +1
13.
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Tor
527 -1
14.
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Kjell
522 0
15.
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Frode
492 +5
16.
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John
489 -1
17.
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Hans
460 -1
17.
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Tore
460 +2
19.
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Stig
435 +2
20.
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Erik
428 -3
21.
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Tom
425 -3
22.
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Frank
418 0
23.
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Roger
417 +3
24.
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Jon
402 0
25.
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Øyvind
388 +3
26.
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Odd
387 -1
27.
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Vidar
361 +4
28.
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Arne
360 -5
29.
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Kjetil
334 -2
30.
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Stein
319 0
31.
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Pål
312 0
32.
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Dag
310 +2
33.
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Espen
302 +10
34.
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Robert
296 +17
35.
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Roy
288 -6
36.
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Anders
286 +9
36.
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Nils
286 0
38.
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Arild
266 -5
39.
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Thomas
261 +7
40.
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Helge
260 -3
41.
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Harald
255 -3
42.
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Tommy
248 +10
43.
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Jarle
247 -3
44.
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Leif
246 -9
45.
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Steinar
242 -6
46.
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Øystein
238 -5
47.
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Gunnar
219 -3
48.
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Rolf
215 -7
49.
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Roar
213 -2
50.
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Jørn
198 -2
51.
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Kenneth
193 +8
52.
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Atle
192 +1
53.
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Olav
188 -4
54.
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Ronny
182 0
55.
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Ståle
172 +1
56.
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Christian
165 +11
57.
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Johnny
164 0
58.
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Magne
151 -1
59.
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Karl
150 +4
59.
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Ove
150 -9
61.
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Einar
147 -1
61.
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Sven
147 +26
63.
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Alf
143 +8
63.
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Arve
143 +11
63.
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Ivar
143 +6
66.
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Kai
141 -1
67.
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Jens
139 -5
68.
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Egil
138 +1
68.
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Petter
138 -13
70.
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Kurt
137 +1
70.
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Thor
137 -10
72.
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Henning
133 +4
73.
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Håkon
131 -6
74.
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Bård
128 -10
75.
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Eirik
127 -10
76.
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Michael
125 +7
77.
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Eivind
123 +1
78.
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Torbjørn
120 +2
79.
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Finn
118 +3
80.
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Paul
117 -5
81.
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Peter
116 +11
82.
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Jonny
114 +2
82.
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Ketil
114 +9
84.
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Lasse
113 0
85.
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Inge
112 -12
86.
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Arnt
111 new
87.
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David
109 new
88.
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Martin
107 -4
89.
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Håvard
106 -1
90.
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Andre
104 +4
91.
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Bent
103 -2
92.
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Dariusz
99 new
92.
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Jostein
99 -15
94.
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Bjørnar
98 new
94.
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Johan
98 0
94.
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Richard
98 new
97.
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Kåre
97 -8
97.
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Ola
97 -19
99.
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Glenn
94 new
100.
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Runar
93 -1
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,544 0
2.
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Hilde
776 0
3.
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Heidi
746 +5
4.
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Marianne
731 0
5.
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Nina
724 -2
6.
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Anita
692 -1
7.
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Tone
669 +2
8.
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Bente
649 -2
9.
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Mona
533 +2
10.
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Kristin
518 -3
11.
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Hege
511 +4
12.
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Ann
503 -2
13.
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Monica
493 +7
14.
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Linda
486 +10
15.
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Inger
456 -1
16.
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Marit
448 -4
17.
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Kari
443 -4
18.
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Tove
434 -1
19.
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Mette
430 0
20.
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Elisabeth
409 -2
21.
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Eva
406 0
22.
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Wenche
395 -6
23.
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Hanne
370 0
24.
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Siv
369 +1
25.
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Elin
364 -3
26.
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Line
360 +12
27.
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Gunn
325 +4
28.
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Laila
323 +2
29.
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Liv
318 -3
30.
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Sissel
306 -1
31.
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Trine
301 -4
32.
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Ellen
296 -4
33.
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Janne
287 0
34.
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Gro
274 +3
35.
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Randi
272 0
36.
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Irene
261 +6
37.
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Lise
259 -1
38.
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Merete
258 -6
39.
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Berit
255 -5
39.
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Kjersti
255 0
41.
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Gry
251 +17
42.
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Lene
231 +17
43.
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Rita
229 -3
44.
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Ingrid
228 +1
45.
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Karin
213 +1
46.
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May
212 -3
47.
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Maria
204 -3
47.
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Vibeke
204 +12
49.
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Grethe
198 +2
50.
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Anette
184 +2
51.
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Anna
182 +5
52.
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Lisbeth
181 -4
53.
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Britt
179 -7
54.
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Siri
178 +3
55.
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Sonja
177 new
56.
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Astrid
173 -8
56.
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Trude
173 -15
58.
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Jorunn
170 +4
59.
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Lena
165 +28
60.
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Åse
157 +5
61.
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Beate
150 +5
61.
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Ragnhild
150 +6
63.
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Eli
149 -8
63.
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Grete
149 -13
65.
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Unni
148 -11
66.
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Ingunn
145 -2
67.
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Solveig
143 -6
67.
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Turid
143 +2
69.
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Torill
140 -7
70.
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Merethe
131 +12
71.
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Bodil
122 +5
71.
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Kirsti
122 -3
73.
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Vigdis
121 -3
74.
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Cathrine
119 +4
75.
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Mariann
116 -23
76.
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Cecilie
114 +21
77.
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Siw
112 -3
78.
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Torunn
111 +8
79.
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Monika
109 +5
80.
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Aud
108 -9
80.
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Else
108 +4
82.
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Sølvi
107 -10
83.
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Jane
106 -9
84.
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Annette
104 +3
85.
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Lill
102 +7
86.
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Lillian
100 -7
87.
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Birgitte
98 -4
88.
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Ann-Kristin
95 -16
88.
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Kirsten
95 -11
90.
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Reidun
94 +3
90.
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Synnøve
94 new
92.
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Tina
93 +7
93.
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Karen
91 -14
94.
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Toril
88 -13
95.
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Camilla
87 new
95.
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Helene
87 -2
97.
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Pia
86 +1
98.
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Charlotte
85 new
99.
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Aina
83 -12
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Christine
83 new