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
1,309 0
2.
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Per
1,095 0
3.
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Bjørn
947 0
4.
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Kjell
928 +1
5.
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Svein
886 -1
6.
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Arne
673 0
7.
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Knut
668 0
8.
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Terje
614 0
9.
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Odd
547 0
10.
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Ole
525 +4
11.
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Tor
523 -1
12.
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Hans
503 +1
13.
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John
502 -2
14.
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Gunnar
435 -2
14.
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Rolf
435 +1
16.
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Leif
393 +3
17.
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Helge
389 0
18.
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Tore
377 0
19.
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Steinar
369 +1
20.
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Lars
364 +1
21.
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Geir
358 +10
22.
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Harald
344 -6
23.
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Erik
323 0
24.
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Nils
316 -2
25.
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Olav
305 +1
26.
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Einar
304 +2
27.
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Arild
301 -3
28.
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Tom
299 +2
29.
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Kåre
293 -4
30.
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Trond
290 +2
31.
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Jon
274 +3
32.
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Stein
264 +8
33.
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Egil
254 -6
34.
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Magne
241 -5
35.
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Ivar
234 -2
36.
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Finn
219 +1
37.
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Reidar
213 +3
38.
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Øyvind
210 +4
39.
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Alf
209 -4
40.
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Dag
202 +4
41.
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Vidar
199 +7
42.
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Arvid
196 -5
43.
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Rune
194 +10
44.
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Karl
189 -8
45.
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Ove
183 +16
46.
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Asbjørn
182 -7
47.
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Sverre
179 -4
48.
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Thor
175 -2
49.
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Frank
168 -2
50.
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Øystein
165 -6
51.
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Bjarne
164 -2
52.
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Erling
162 +8
52.
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Oddvar
162 0
54.
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Inge
161 +4
55.
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Johan
159 0
55.
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Torbjørn
159 -4
57.
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Jens
153 -7
57.
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Roar
153 -1
59.
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Ragnar
150 -5
60.
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Anders
148 -1
61.
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Paul
144 +5
62.
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Arve
139 +6
62.
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Morten
139 -1
64.
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Åge
137 -7
65.
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Øivind
130 -2
66.
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Ola
127 -2
67.
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Roger
121 +14
68.
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Roald
115 +10
68.
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Trygve
115 -1
70.
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Peter
113 +8
71.
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Roy
110 +2
72.
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Robert
108 -3
73.
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Jarle
105 -3
74.
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Jostein
103 -9
75.
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Kai
102 +12
76.
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Birger
101 -2
77.
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Sigmund
100 -5
78.
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Kurt
98 new
79.
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Dagfinn
97 -2
80.
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Petter
96 +4
81.
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David
95 -7
81.
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Johnny
95 -10
83.
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Stig
94 new
84.
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Eivind
93 -2
84.
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Sven
93 -4
86.
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Magnar
91 +7
87.
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Michael
90 +6
88.
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Harry
89 +1
89.
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Arnfinn
88 -3
90.
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Atle
87 +5
91.
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Håkon
86 -7
91.
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Martin
86 +6
93.
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Pål
85 +5
94.
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Bjørnar
82 new
95.
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Jørn
79 new
96.
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Torstein
78 new
97.
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Sigurd
76 +1
98.
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Frode
75 -2
99.
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Ulf
74 -9
100.
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Willy
73 -26
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,536 0
2.
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Inger
1,000 0
3.
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Marit
775 0
4.
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Kari
755 +1
5.
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Liv
675 -1
6.
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Berit
615 0
7.
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Eva
556 +2
8.
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Randi
540 0
9.
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Bjørg
511 -2
10.
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Aud
435 +1
11.
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Karin
421 -1
12.
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Wenche
417 +4
13.
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Gerd
397 -1
14.
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Astrid
381 +1
15.
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Tove
377 -1
16.
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Bente
365 +15
17.
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Solveig
361 -4
18.
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Turid
351 -1
19.
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Torill
325 +2
20.
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Else
324 -1
21.
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Ellen
321 +8
22.
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Unni
315 -4
23.
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Kirsten
312 0
24.
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Åse
307 +3
25.
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Reidun
302 -5
26.
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Grete
294 0
26.
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Jorunn
294 -2
28.
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Ragnhild
288 +4
29.
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Grethe
284 -7
30.
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Britt
266 +8
31.
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Ingrid
260 -2
32.
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Sissel
259 -8
33.
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Elisabeth
258 +3
34.
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Vigdis
255 -6
35.
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Brit
252 -2
36.
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Laila
249 -2
37.
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Gunn
242 +4
38.
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Eli
225 -3
39.
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Bodil
217 -2
40.
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Irene
208 +19
41.
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Lisbeth
201 +1
42.
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May
198 -2
43.
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Ruth
185 +4
44.
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Elin
174 -5
45.
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Marianne
172 +3
46.
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Gro
156 +10
46.
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Lillian
156 0
48.
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Kirsti
151 -4
49.
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Ann
147 +3
50.
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Mette
146 +5
51.
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Anna
141 -6
52.
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Toril
140 -9
53.
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Tone
135 -2
54.
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Rigmor
133 -4
55.
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Synnøve
132 -2
56.
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Torunn
131 -2
57.
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Mona
126 +19
58.
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Torhild
122 -10
59.
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Rita
118 -3
60.
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Solfrid
113 +6
61.
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Jorun
110 +8
61.
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Sonja
110 +1
61.
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Torild
110 +3
64.
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Anne-Lise
109 +7
65.
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Mary
108 0
66.
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Karen
106 -5
67.
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Lise
104 +13
68.
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Hanne
103 +11
69.
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Marie
102 +8
69.
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Signe
102 +11
71.
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Sidsel
99 +6
72.
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Ingunn
98 +2
73.
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Kristin
94 -14
74.
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Gunvor
89 -18
75.
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Birgit
88 -13
75.
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Sølvi
88 new
77.
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Maria
87 -10
78.
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Sigrun
86 -4
79.
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Hilde
85 +4
80.
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Nina
81 +11
81.
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Anita
79 +11
81.
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Ingebjørg
79 -14
83.
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Åshild
77 +6
84.
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Evy
75 +11
85.
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Helga
74 -16
85.
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Olaug
74 -3
87.
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Linda
72 new
87.
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Sigrid
72 -15
89.
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Solbjørg
71 new
90.
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Gunhild
69 +8
90.
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Margaret
69 +5
92.
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Aase
66 -6
93.
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Edel
65 new
93.
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Erna
65 -4
93.
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Kjersti
65 -10
96.
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Anny
64 +2
97.
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Ingeborg
62 -25
97.
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Kjellaug
62 -9
99.
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Aslaug
60 -12
100.
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Guri
59 new