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
1,345 0
2.
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Per
1,161 0
3.
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Bjørn
1,029 0
4.
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Kjell
1,025 0
5.
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Svein
911 0
6.
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Arne
827 0
7.
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Knut
797 0
8.
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Terje
659 +1
9.
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Odd
632 -1
10.
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Hans
561 +3
11.
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Gunnar
510 -1
12.
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Tor
503 -1
13.
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Ole
500 -1
14.
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John
489 +3
15.
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Harald
452 -1
16.
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Rolf
428 0
17.
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Helge
416 +1
18.
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Leif
415 +1
19.
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Tore
399 -4
20.
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Steinar
377 +1
21.
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Lars
350 +4
22.
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Olav
344 0
23.
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Erik
330 +1
24.
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Nils
326 -4
25.
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Arild
324 +1
26.
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Einar
319 +1
27.
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Kåre
291 -4
28.
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Ivar
286 +6
29.
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Trond
281 +8
30.
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Magne
269 -1
31.
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Tom
260 +4
32.
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Egil
259 -4
33.
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Reidar
251 0
34.
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Jon
246 -4
35.
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Finn
244 -4
36.
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Arvid
239 +2
37.
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Geir
235 +7
38.
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Alf
230 -6
39.
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Oddvar
227 +7
40.
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Karl
226 -4
41.
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Sverre
220 -3
42.
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Asbjørn
203 -1
43.
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Thor
196 -3
44.
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Øyvind
192 +11
45.
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Vidar
191 +2
46.
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Øystein
185 -4
47.
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Stein
176 -2
47.
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Torbjørn
176 -4
49.
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Åge
171 0
50.
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Dag
167 +5
51.
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Erling
165 -3
52.
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Inge
162 +2
53.
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Bjarne
156 -2
54.
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Ragnar
155 -2
55.
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Øivind
152 +3
56.
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Frank
150 +4
57.
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Johan
144 -4
58.
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Jens
142 0
59.
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Ola
140 +3
59.
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Rune
140 +4
61.
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Roar
136 -11
62.
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Jostein
133 +7
63.
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Ove
129 -6
64.
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Paul
128 0
65.
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Arve
118 +8
66.
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Trygve
117 +1
67.
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Sigmund
115 +5
68.
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Anders
111 -7
69.
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Peter
110 +10
70.
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Sven
109 +11
71.
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Jarle
108 -2
72.
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Harry
107 +5
73.
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Roger
106 +7
74.
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Roald
104 -9
75.
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Willy
103 -9
76.
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Robert
102 0
77.
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Håkon
98 -9
78.
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Atle
96 +10
79.
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Birger
95 -4
80.
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Dagfinn
94 -7
80.
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Roy
94 -11
80.
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Sigurd
94 new
83.
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David
91 +2
84.
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Morten
89 -6
85.
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Johannes
86 +7
86.
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Bjørnar
84 +11
86.
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Johnny
84 +11
88.
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Petter
83 +4
89.
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Kristian
82 new
90.
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Tormod
81 new
91.
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Magnar
80 -1
92.
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Arnfinn
79 -9
93.
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Martin
77 new
94.
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Bernt
76 -5
94.
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Kai
76 -9
96.
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Pål
74 -4
96.
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Stig
74 new
98.
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Frode
73 new
98.
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Torstein
73 -14
100.
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Arnt
72 -3
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,506 0
2.
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Inger
1,030 0
3.
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Marit
829 +1
4.
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Kari
827 +1
5.
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Liv
748 -2
6.
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Berit
640 0
7.
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Bjørg
613 0
8.
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Randi
599 0
9.
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Eva
521 0
10.
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Gerd
467 +1
11.
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Solveig
446 +1
12.
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Astrid
427 +2
13.
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Karin
417 -3
14.
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Turid
398 +3
14.
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Wenche
398 +4
16.
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Else
396 -1
17.
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Aud
395 -4
18.
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Reidun
377 +2
19.
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Torill
367 -3
20.
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Jorunn
361 +8
21.
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Unni
346 +4
22.
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Sissel
342 +8
23.
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Tove
341 -4
24.
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Åse
327 +3
25.
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Kirsten
319 -4
26.
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Grethe
317 -3
27.
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Grete
316 -5
28.
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Ingrid
306 +1
29.
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Ellen
300 +3
30.
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Ragnhild
295 +1
31.
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Vigdis
276 -5
32.
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Britt
271 +1
33.
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Brit
270 +1
34.
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Laila
269 -10
35.
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Eli
232 +1
36.
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Bente
231 +3
36.
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Toril
231 -1
38.
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May
223 +3
39.
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Bodil
220 -2
40.
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Elisabeth
209 -3
41.
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Anna
179 +3
41.
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Elin
179 +7
43.
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Gunn
177 -1
44.
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Ruth
174 -4
45.
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Lillian
163 -2
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Rigmor
163 +4
47.
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Synnøve
152 -1
48.
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Torhild
151 -3
49.
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Lisbeth
150 +8
50.
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Tone
147 +3
51.
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Torunn
138 +3
52.
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Irene
136 +10
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Solfrid
136 -1
54.
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Torild
134 -7
55.
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Kirsti
130 +5
56.
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Anne-Lise
127 +12
57.
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Karen
125 -5
58.
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Ann
122 -2
59.
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Sonja
115 +15
60.
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Mette
114 -3
61.
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Gro
113 -4
62.
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Jorun
111 +4
63.
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Marie
109 +8
64.
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Rita
107 +12
65.
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Gunvor
106 -15
66.
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Marianne
104 +6
67.
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Mary
103 -3
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Signe
103 -6
69.
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Helga
100 +11
70.
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Birgit
98 -6
71.
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Sidsel
97 -4
72.
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Elsa
94 -10
73.
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Mona
91 -1
74.
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Olaug
90 0
75.
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Lise
88 +7
75.
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Sigrid
88 -6
77.
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Aase
84 -23
78.
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Hanne
82 +7
78.
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Ingeborg
82 -9
80.
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Maria
81 +6
81.
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Ingunn
80 0
81.
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Kristin
80 +19
83.
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Sigrun
77 0
84.
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Ingebjørg
76 -6
85.
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Målfrid
74 new
86.
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Edel
73 new
86.
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Kjellaug
73 new
88.
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Evy
71 -4
88.
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Gunhild
71 -9
90.
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Aslaug
70 0
91.
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Judith
69 new
91.
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Nina
69 new
91.
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Svanhild
69 new
94.
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Greta
68 +2
94.
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Linda
68 new
96.
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Sølvi
67 -10
97.
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Erna
66 -21
98.
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Hilde
65 -5
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Oddny
64 new
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Solbjørg
64 -6