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
1,371 0
2.
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Bjørn
1,079 0
3.
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Geir
985 0
4.
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Per
915 0
5.
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Rune
776 0
6.
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Lars
698 0
7.
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Morten
662 +6
8.
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Terje
652 +1
9.
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Svein
626 +1
9.
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Trond
626 +2
11.
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Knut
589 -3
12.
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Tor
574 +2
13.
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Ole
566 -6
14.
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Kjell
530 -2
15.
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John
488 0
16.
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Hans
485 +1
17.
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Erik
481 +2
18.
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Tom
464 -2
19.
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Tore
442 -2
20.
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Frode
434 +4
21.
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Stig
419 +5
22.
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Frank
395 0
23.
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Arne
388 -3
24.
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Jon
374 +1
25.
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Odd
369 -3
26.
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Roger
359 -5
27.
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Kjetil
345 +3
28.
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Øyvind
330 0
29.
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Roy
307 +9
30.
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Stein
306 -1
31.
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Pål
294 +6
31.
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Vidar
294 +1
33.
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Arild
293 -6
34.
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Dag
284 +2
35.
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Leif
279 +5
36.
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Nils
274 -2
37.
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Helge
271 -5
38.
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Harald
259 -3
39.
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Steinar
258 -8
40.
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Jarle
252 +2
41.
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Øystein
239 +2
41.
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Rolf
239 -2
43.
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Espen
237 +4
44.
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Gunnar
233 +4
45.
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Anders
222 -4
46.
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Thomas
218 +18
47.
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Roar
211 -2
48.
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Jørn
205 -4
49.
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Olav
203 0
50.
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Ove
202 -1
51.
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Robert
201 -5
52.
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Tommy
193 +8
53.
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Atle
189 -2
54.
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Ronny
186 +3
55.
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Petter
171 +7
56.
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Ståle
165 +13
57.
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Johnny
162 -5
57.
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Magne
162 -3
59.
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Kenneth
161 +6
60.
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Einar
157 +1
60.
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Thor
157 -5
62.
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Jens
155 -9
63.
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Karl
147 +10
64.
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Bård
142 +3
65.
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Eirik
136 new
65.
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Kai
136 +1
67.
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Christian
134 +2
67.
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Håkon
134 +20
69.
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Egil
133 -11
69.
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Ivar
133 -13
71.
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Alf
132 -12
71.
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Kurt
132 -3
73.
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Inge
131 +2
74.
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Arve
123 +1
75.
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Paul
122 +6
76.
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Henning
121 +7
77.
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Jostein
120 +2
78.
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Eivind
118 +12
78.
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Ola
118 -6
80.
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Torbjørn
117 +8
81.
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Sverre
114 +3
82.
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Finn
113 -11
83.
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Michael
112 +3
84.
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Jonny
111 -22
84.
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Lasse
111 new
84.
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Martin
111 0
87.
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Sven
110 -7
88.
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Håvard
109 +4
89.
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Bent
108 -1
89.
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Kåre
108 -12
91.
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Ketil
101 -9
92.
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Peter
99 -14
93.
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Reidar
97 -2
94.
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Andre
95 +6
94.
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Johan
95 -2
96.
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Henrik
94 new
96.
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Kristian
94 new
98.
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Asbjørn
91 -4
99.
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Andrzej
88 -5
99.
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Runar
88 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,647 0
2.
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Hilde
805 +1
3.
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Nina
771 -1
4.
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Marianne
676 +1
5.
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Anita
671 -1
6.
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Bente
661 0
7.
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Kristin
647 +2
8.
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Heidi
634 -1
9.
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Tone
597 -1
10.
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Ann
536 +2
11.
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Mona
513 -1
12.
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Marit
499 +3
13.
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Kari
480 -2
14.
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Inger
473 -1
15.
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Hege
453 +8
16.
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Wenche
439 -2
17.
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Tove
437 +1
18.
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Elisabeth
436 -1
19.
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Mette
428 -3
20.
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Monica
416 +11
21.
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Eva
407 -2
22.
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Elin
404 -1
23.
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Hanne
397 -3
24.
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Linda
387 -2
25.
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Siv
383 +1
26.
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Liv
326 -3
27.
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Trine
321 +1
28.
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Ellen
316 +4
29.
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Sissel
307 0
30.
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Laila
295 -3
31.
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Gunn
292 -1
32.
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Merete
288 +4
33.
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Janne
287 +4
34.
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Berit
282 -9
35.
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Randi
271 -1
36.
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Lise
267 -3
37.
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Gro
256 +5
38.
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Line
244 +10
39.
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Kjersti
242 +5
40.
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Rita
221 -5
41.
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Trude
220 +10
42.
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Irene
218 -4
43.
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May
216 -5
44.
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Maria
212 +12
45.
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Ingrid
208 -4
46.
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Britt
207 -3
46.
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Karin
207 -6
48.
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Astrid
190 +4
48.
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Lisbeth
190 +5
50.
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Grete
184 -4
51.
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Grethe
176 -6
52.
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Anette
174 +15
52.
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Mariann
174 +20
54.
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Unni
173 -4
55.
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Eli
172 -1
56.
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Anna
170 +5
57.
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Siri
169 +3
58.
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Gry
167 +1
59.
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Lene
165 -5
59.
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Vibeke
165 +12
61.
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Solveig
162 -14
62.
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Jorunn
159 -5
62.
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Torill
159 +7
64.
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Ingunn
158 -1
65.
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Åse
153 -17
66.
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Beate
151 0
67.
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Ragnhild
150 -9
68.
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Kirsti
136 0
69.
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Turid
135 -6
70.
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Vigdis
134 -8
71.
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Aud
122 +1
72.
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Ann-Kristin
119 +26
72.
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Sølvi
119 +13
74.
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Jane
118 +3
74.
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Siw
118 +15
76.
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Bodil
111 -6
77.
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Kirsten
110 +3
78.
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Cathrine
109 -4
79.
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Karen
107 +14
79.
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Lillian
107 -4
81.
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Toril
104 -5
82.
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Merethe
103 +10
83.
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Birgitte
102 +3
84.
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Else
100 -2
84.
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Monika
100 +10
86.
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Torunn
99 +3
87.
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Aina
98 -9
87.
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Annette
98 new
87.
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Lena
98 -7
90.
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Bjørg
97 -25
91.
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Brit
96 -8
92.
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Lill
91 new
93.
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Helene
89 +4
93.
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Reidun
89 +3
95.
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Susanne
88 -11
96.
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Ruth
87 -7
97.
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Cecilie
85 new
98.
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Pia
80 new
99.
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Tina
79 -13
100.
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Gerd
77 -12