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
1,229 0
2.
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Bjørn
898 0
3.
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Rune
897 +2
4.
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Geir
894 -1
5.
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Per
809 -1
6.
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Lars
731 +1
7.
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Morten
684 0
8.
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Trond
670 -2
9.
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Terje
624 0
10.
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Svein
592 0
11.
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Frode
551 +4
12.
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Ole
549 0
13.
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Knut
498 -2
13.
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Tor
498 0
15.
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Kjell
482 -1
16.
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Tom
474 +5
17.
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Stig
457 +2
18.
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Tore
456 -1
19.
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Erik
443 +1
20.
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John
429 -4
21.
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Roger
421 +2
22.
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Hans
415 -5
23.
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Kjetil
392 +6
24.
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Jon
382 0
25.
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Frank
369 -3
26.
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Odd
363 0
27.
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Vidar
353 0
28.
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Øyvind
350 -3
29.
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Espen
344 +4
30.
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Thomas
336 +9
31.
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Arne
328 -3
32.
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Dag
322 0
32.
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Pål
322 -1
34.
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Roy
310 +1
35.
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Ronny
308 +19
35.
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Tommy
308 +7
37.
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Arild
293 +1
38.
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Robert
281 -4
39.
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Stein
276 -9
40.
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Steinar
261 +5
41.
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Anders
260 -5
42.
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Nils
253 -6
43.
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Helge
248 -3
44.
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Harald
245 -3
45.
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Øystein
235 +1
46.
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Jarle
231 -3
47.
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Leif
225 -3
48.
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Kenneth
215 +3
49.
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Jørn
214 +1
50.
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Rolf
208 -2
51.
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Roar
200 -2
52.
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Atle
193 0
53.
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Gunnar
186 -6
54.
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Olav
182 -1
55.
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Christian
169 +1
56.
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Petter
166 +12
56.
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Ståle
166 -1
58.
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Håvard
161 +31
59.
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Johnny
159 -2
60.
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Eirik
156 +15
61.
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Karl
151 -2
62.
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Kai
148 +4
63.
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Arve
147 0
64.
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Thor
146 +6
65.
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Ivar
142 -2
66.
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Ove
141 -7
67.
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Peter
140 +14
68.
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Håkon
139 +5
69.
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Kurt
137 +1
70.
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Henning
136 +2
71.
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Lasse
134 +13
72.
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Jostein
132 +20
73.
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Egil
131 -5
74.
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Bård
130 0
74.
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Sven
130 -13
76.
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Einar
129 -15
76.
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Martin
129 +12
78.
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Andre
128 +12
79.
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Magne
127 -21
80.
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Inge
126 +5
81.
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Alf
124 -18
82.
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Ketil
121 0
82.
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Ola
121 +15
84.
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Jens
120 -17
85.
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Michael
119 -9
86.
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Paul
117 -6
87.
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Jonny
116 -5
88.
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Torbjørn
113 -10
89.
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Bent
111 +2
89.
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Johan
111 +5
91.
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Eivind
109 -14
92.
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Kåre
102 +5
92.
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Kristian
102 new
94.
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Bjørnar
101 0
94.
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Dariusz
101 -2
96.
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Glenn
100 +3
97.
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Finn
99 -18
98.
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Andreas
97 new
98.
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Andrzej
97 new
100.
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Sverre
96 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Anne
1,420 0
2.
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Heidi
858 +1
3.
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Hilde
794 -1
4.
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Nina
756 +1
5.
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Tone
687 +2
6.
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Anita
677 0
7.
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Marianne
621 -3
8.
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Hege
611 +3
9.
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Monica
588 +4
10.
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Kristin
527 0
11.
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Bente
513 -3
12.
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Mona
496 -3
13.
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Elisabeth
475 +7
14.
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Ann
462 -2
15.
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Line
458 +11
16.
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Linda
434 -2
17.
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Kari
424 0
18.
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Lena
410 +41
19.
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Marit
409 -3
20.
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Eva
406 +1
21.
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Inger
404 -6
22.
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Tove
403 -4
23.
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Mette
383 -4
24.
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Trine
378 +7
25.
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Siv
367 -1
26.
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Wenche
354 -4
27.
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Hanne
352 -4
28.
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Elin
338 -3
29.
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Janne
308 +4
30.
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Liv
293 -1
31.
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Gry
284 +10
32.
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Lene
283 +10
33.
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Sissel
282 -3
34.
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Gunn
277 -7
35.
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Gro
268 -1
36.
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Ingunn
260 +30
37.
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Laila
255 -9
38.
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Merete
254 0
39.
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Randi
251 -4
40.
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Ellen
249 -8
41.
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Irene
243 -5
42.
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Lise
236 -5
43.
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Berit
228 -4
44.
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Rita
216 -1
45.
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Ingrid
213 -1
46.
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Vibeke
209 +1
47.
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Anna
206 +4
48.
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Cathrine
203 +26
49.
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Trude
202 +7
50.
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Maria
201 -3
51.
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Kjersti
195 -12
52.
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May
194 -6
53.
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Lisbeth
191 -1
54.
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Anette
186 -4
55.
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Beate
185 +6
56.
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Siri
175 -2
57.
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Karin
173 -12
58.
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Britt
170 -5
59.
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Eli
168 +4
60.
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Grete
167 +3
61.
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Grethe
161 -12
62.
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Astrid
160 -6
63.
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Cecilie
156 +13
64.
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Siw
148 +13
65.
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Torill
145 +4
65.
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Unni
145 0
67.
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Sonja
144 -12
68.
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Solveig
143 -1
69.
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Jorunn
140 -11
70.
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Åse
137 -10
71.
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Mariann
133 +4
72.
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Turid
130 -5
73.
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Aina
128 +26
74.
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Ragnhild
126 -13
75.
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Lillian
125 +11
76.
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Merethe
124 -6
77.
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Monika
123 +2
78.
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Vigdis
116 -5
79.
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Camilla
109 +16
80.
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Lill
106 +5
80.
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Sølvi
106 +2
82.
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Synnøve
104 +8
83.
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Ann-Kristin
102 +5
83.
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Kirsti
102 -12
85.
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Bjørg
98 new
85.
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Pia
98 +12
87.
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Torunn
97 -9
88.
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Else
96 -8
89.
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Helene
95 +6
90.
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Annette
94 -6
91.
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Bodil
91 -20
92.
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Jane
90 -9
92.
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Tina
90 0
94.
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Karianne
88 new
95.
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Tanja
85 new
96.
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Aud
83 -16
96.
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Kirsten
83 -8
98.
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Anja
82 new
99.
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Marie
81 new
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Reidun
81 -9