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
1,440 0
2.
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Per
1,238 0
3.
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Bjørn
1,110 0
4.
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Kjell
979 0
5.
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Svein
977 0
6.
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Arne
889 0
7.
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Knut
720 +1
8.
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Odd
672 -1
9.
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Terje
630 0
10.
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Gunnar
560 +1
11.
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Tor
555 +4
12.
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Ole
534 +2
13.
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Hans
521 -1
14.
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Harald
518 -1
15.
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Tore
507 +1
16.
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Rolf
483 +1
17.
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John
481 -7
18.
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Helge
430 +1
19.
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Leif
401 -1
20.
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Nils
370 +2
21.
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Steinar
369 -1
22.
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Olav
353 +1
23.
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Kåre
340 +1
24.
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Erik
339 +1
25.
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Lars
331 -4
26.
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Arild
330 +1
27.
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Einar
317 -1
28.
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Egil
304 0
29.
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Magne
296 0
30.
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Jon
290 +3
31.
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Finn
271 0
32.
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Alf
268 +4
33.
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Reidar
256 0
34.
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Ivar
255 -4
35.
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Tom
252 +4
36.
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Karl
245 +4
37.
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Trond
233 +1
38.
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Arvid
226 -1
38.
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Sverre
226 -6
40.
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Thor
216 +1
41.
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Asbjørn
212 -6
42.
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Øystein
198 +6
43.
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Torbjørn
189 +10
44.
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Geir
186 +10
45.
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Stein
184 +4
46.
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Oddvar
180 +9
47.
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Vidar
178 +9
48.
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Erling
177 -5
49.
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Åge
173 -3
50.
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Roar
169 0
51.
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Bjarne
167 +8
52.
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Ragnar
165 -5
53.
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Johan
163 -10
54.
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Inge
162 +7
55.
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Dag
155 -10
55.
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Øyvind
155 -13
57.
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Ove
152 +1
58.
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Jens
145 -1
58.
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Øivind
145 -7
60.
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Frank
143 +7
61.
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Anders
138 0
62.
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Ola
132 -10
63.
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Rune
127 +10
64.
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Paul
123 -4
65.
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Roald
121 +6
66.
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Willy
117 -2
67.
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Trygve
116 -6
68.
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Håkon
115 -3
69.
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Jarle
114 -3
69.
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Jostein
114 +5
69.
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Roy
114 +9
72.
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Sigmund
111 +2
73.
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Arve
109 -4
73.
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Dagfinn
109 +3
75.
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Birger
108 +12
76.
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Robert
105 -6
77.
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Harry
104 +12
78.
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Morten
100 0
79.
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Peter
99 -12
80.
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Roger
98 +1
81.
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Sven
96 -3
82.
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Eivind
95 +13
83.
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Arnfinn
94 -1
84.
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Torstein
92 +7
85.
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David
91 -13
85.
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Kai
91 -2
87.
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Ulf
81 +1
88.
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Atle
80 -11
89.
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Bernt
79 new
90.
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Magnar
77 -5
90.
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Torgeir
77 new
92.
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Aage
75 new
92.
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Johannes
75 -7
92.
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Pål
75 +5
92.
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Petter
75 new
96.
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Michael
74 -4
97.
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Arnt
72 new
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Bjørnar
72 new
97.
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Johnny
72 +1
97.
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Jørgen
72 -7
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,517 0
2.
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Inger
1,075 0
3.
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Liv
884 +1
4.
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Marit
846 +1
5.
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Kari
844 -2
6.
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Berit
692 +1
7.
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Bjørg
670 -1
8.
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Randi
553 +3
9.
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Eva
512 0
10.
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Karin
506 0
11.
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Gerd
495 -3
12.
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Solveig
460 0
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Aud
458 0
14.
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Astrid
450 0
15.
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Else
448 +1
16.
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Torill
443 +6
17.
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Turid
442 -2
18.
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Wenche
417 +2
19.
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Tove
384 0
20.
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Reidun
374 -3
21.
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Kirsten
346 -3
22.
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Grete
344 +5
23.
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Grethe
335 -2
24.
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Laila
332 +8
25.
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Unni
327 +3
26.
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Vigdis
315 +3
27.
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Åse
314 -3
28.
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Jorunn
310 -5
29.
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Ingrid
307 -3
30.
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Sissel
300 +4
31.
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Ragnhild
297 -6
32.
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Ellen
292 -2
33.
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Britt
280 -2
34.
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Brit
267 +2
35.
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Toril
248 0
36.
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Eli
233 -3
37.
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Bodil
215 +1
37.
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Elisabeth
215 0
39.
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Bente
194 +6
40.
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Ruth
184 -1
41.
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May
178 0
42.
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Gunn
168 -2
43.
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Lillian
167 -1
44.
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Anna
166 -1
45.
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Torhild
157 +3
46.
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Synnøve
154 -2
47.
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Torild
148 +1
48.
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Elin
147 0
49.
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Rigmor
141 +5
50.
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Gunvor
137 +20
51.
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Solfrid
134 -4
52.
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Karen
128 +7
53.
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Tone
125 +4
54.
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Aase
124 +9
54.
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Torunn
124 -8
56.
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Ann
121 -1
57.
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Gro
117 +12
57.
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Lisbeth
117 +4
57.
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Mette
117 0
60.
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Kirsti
116 -4
61.
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Signe
113 +7
62.
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Elsa
112 +2
62.
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Irene
112 -9
64.
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Birgit
110 +8
64.
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Mary
110 -16
66.
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Jorun
108 -7
67.
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Sidsel
105 -1
68.
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Anne-Lise
101 -16
69.
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Ingeborg
97 +18
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Sigrid
97 -2
71.
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Marie
96 -10
72.
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Marianne
94 +2
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Mona
94 +6
74.
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Olaug
93 +7
74.
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Sonja
93 -9
76.
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Erna
91 +7
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Rita
91 +11
78.
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Ingebjørg
89 -4
79.
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Gunhild
88 new
80.
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Helga
86 -10
81.
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Ingunn
85 -7
82.
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Lise
82 -4
83.
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Sigrun
81 -6
84.
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Evy
80 +15
85.
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Hanne
75 -2
86.
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Maria
73 -6
86.
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Sølvi
73 +3
88.
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Åshild
72 -15
89.
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Gudrun
71 -7
90.
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Aslaug
70 -1
91.
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Magnhild
68 -2
91.
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Tordis
68 +6
93.
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Hilde
67 +2
93.
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Oddbjørg
67 new
93.
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Solbjørg
67 new
96.
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Anny
66 -13
96.
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Greta
66 -3
98.
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Eldbjørg
65 -15
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Margaret
65 new
100.
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Kristin
63 new