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
1,453 0
2.
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Per
1,035 0
3.
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Bjørn
998 0
4.
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Geir
907 0
5.
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Svein
666 +2
6.
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Terje
631 +2
7.
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Rune
617 -2
8.
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Trond
600 +6
9.
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Lars
593 +3
10.
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Ole
589 0
11.
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Kjell
567 -5
12.
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Knut
564 -3
13.
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Morten
543 -2
14.
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Hans
513 +2
15.
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John
509 +4
16.
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Tom
485 -3
17.
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Odd
484 +1
18.
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Arne
479 -1
19.
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Tor
457 -4
20.
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Tore
427 +1
21.
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Dag
421 -1
22.
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Erik
344 0
23.
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Frank
325 +1
24.
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Nils
316 +8
25.
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Arild
314 +7
25.
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Frode
314 +9
27.
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Jon
313 -1
28.
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Stein
302 -5
28.
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Stig
302 +10
30.
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Steinar
294 -2
31.
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Rolf
287 -6
32.
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Helge
285 -3
33.
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Harald
282 -2
34.
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Leif
278 -4
35.
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Øyvind
270 +2
36.
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Roger
268 +4
37.
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Vidar
267 -10
38.
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Roy
256 -2
39.
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Gunnar
238 -4
40.
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Pål
219 +2
40.
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Roar
219 +9
42.
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Øystein
217 +2
43.
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Olav
201 -4
44.
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Jørn
200 +2
45.
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Jarle
196 +5
46.
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Einar
190 -5
47.
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Ove
187 -4
48.
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Alf
185 +6
48.
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Anders
185 +3
50.
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Johnny
174 -3
51.
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Finn
172 +4
51.
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Thor
172 +1
53.
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Ivar
170 -5
54.
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Magne
165 -1
55.
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Egil
159 -10
56.
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Kjetil
158 +5
57.
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Karl
153 +1
58.
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Kåre
149 -2
59.
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Espen
146 +8
60.
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Ola
144 +18
61.
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Petter
142 -2
62.
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Jens
140 -3
63.
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Atle
137 -6
64.
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Peter
136 +7
65.
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Kurt
135 -2
66.
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Robert
134 -2
67.
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Tommy
132 +2
68.
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Jonny
131 +16
69.
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Paul
130 -3
70.
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Arve
129 +1
71.
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Jostein
126 -3
71.
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Sverre
126 +10
73.
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Inge
123 -11
73.
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Torbjørn
123 +4
75.
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Kai
119 -5
76.
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Sven
112 +9
77.
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Johan
111 +2
78.
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Henning
110 +7
79.
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Bård
107 new
80.
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Erling
105 0
80.
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Martin
105 +3
80.
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Michael
105 +2
83.
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Ståle
104 +6
84.
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David
103 +11
84.
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Håkon
103 -8
86.
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Ronny
101 +7
86.
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Thomas
101 +6
88.
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Åge
99 -14
89.
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Asbjørn
98 -15
90.
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Håvard
95 new
91.
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Reidar
92 -18
92.
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Eirik
90 new
93.
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Arvid
88 -28
93.
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Kenneth
88 new
95.
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Ulf
85 +4
96.
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Andreas
83 new
97.
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Arnt
81 +1
97.
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Bjørnar
81 new
97.
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Eivind
81 -6
97.
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Ketil
81 -3
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,824 0
2.
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Bente
668 0
3.
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Hilde
638 +3
4.
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Kari
601 0
5.
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Marit
596 0
6.
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Nina
585 +1
7.
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Inger
570 -4
8.
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Heidi
544 +1
9.
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Tove
531 -1
10.
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Anita
519 +1
11.
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Tone
506 +1
12.
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Mona
485 +3
13.
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Marianne
463 0
14.
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Liv
450 -4
15.
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Wenche
416 +1
16.
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Mette
410 +8
17.
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Eva
408 -4
18.
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Elin
403 +4
19.
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Kristin
402 -1
20.
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Berit
376 -1
21.
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Hanne
373 -4
22.
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Ann
370 +1
22.
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Elisabeth
370 +7
24.
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Randi
348 -4
25.
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Sissel
344 -4
26.
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Gunn
329 -1
27.
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Ellen
291 +1
28.
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Linda
284 +8
29.
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May
275 -3
30.
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Rita
264 +18
30.
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Trine
264 +15
32.
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Grete
257 +6
33.
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Astrid
255 0
34.
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Grethe
253 +4
35.
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Gro
242 -8
35.
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Karin
242 -4
37.
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Britt
231 +3
38.
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Lise
227 +11
39.
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Jorunn
226 -10
40.
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Ingrid
223 -3
41.
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Turid
222 -9
42.
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Åse
221 -1
43.
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Unni
220 -8
44.
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Siv
211 +7
45.
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Bjørg
203 -3
46.
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Irene
199 +7
47.
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Eli
198 +3
47.
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Laila
198 0
49.
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Lisbeth
197 -15
50.
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Janne
193 +4
51.
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Merete
192 +21
52.
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Aud
189 -6
53.
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Kjersti
187 -1
53.
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Torill
187 +2
55.
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Hege
186 -12
56.
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Solveig
184 -13
57.
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Vigdis
164 -1
58.
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Ragnhild
160 +2
59.
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Trude
156 +17
60.
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Lillian
155 +9
61.
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Ingunn
154 +5
62.
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Bodil
150 +3
63.
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Else
149 -2
64.
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Kirsten
144 0
65.
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Maria
141 -8
66.
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Siri
139 -8
67.
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Anna
137 +3
68.
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Sølvi
132 0
69.
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Reidun
129 -7
70.
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Gerd
128 -11
70.
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Gry
128 +3
70.
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Torunn
128 +1
73.
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Toril
124 -6
74.
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Lene
121 +4
75.
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Brit
117 -12
76.
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Kirsti
112 +4
77.
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Monica
109 +4
78.
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Line
107 +8
79.
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Karen
106 +2
80.
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Ruth
104 -2
81.
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Helle
97 +2
82.
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Beate
96 +8
83.
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Mari
93 new
84.
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Synnøve
92 -9
85.
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Jane
89 -11
86.
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Mariann
85 -1
87.
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Birgit
82 -10
88.
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Vibeke
80 +11
89.
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Åshild
75 new
90.
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Evy
74 -4
91.
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Ingeborg
73 +5
91.
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Lill
73 -2
91.
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Solfrid
73 -3
94.
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Lena
72 -1
95.
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Anette
70 new
95.
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Birgitte
70 new
97.
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Torild
69 new
98.
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Guri
66 -4
99.
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Susanne
65 -4
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Anne-Lise
63 new