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.
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Boys
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Arnt		 83 new
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Bernt		 83 new
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Birger		 83 -22
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Håkon		 85 -5
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Torstein		 85 0
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Willy		 87 +5
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Atle		 88 -2
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Frode		 88 +6
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Jarle		 88 -19
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Harry		 89 -2
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Sigurd		 89 +7
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David		 91 -8
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Eivind		 94 -4
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Johnny		 96 -2
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Martin		 96 +8
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Michael		 96 +4
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Pål		 96 +10
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Sigmund		 96 -6
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Trygve		 97 -14
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Peter		 99 -11
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Magnar		 100 +6
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Kai		 101 -4
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Roald		 102 -9
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Sven		 102 +7
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Jørn		 103 +20
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Petter		 103 +5
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Dagfinn		 104 +5
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Robert		 112 -1
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Stig		 118 +11
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Anders		 120 -11
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Øivind		 121 -4
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Roger		 121 -2
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Jostein		 123 +7
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Roy		 123 +4
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Paul		 128 -5
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Ragnar		 133 -6
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Johan		 134 -8
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Kurt		 134 +15
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Erling		 140 -10
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Bjarne		 141 -10
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Arve		 143 +2
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Arnfinn		 147 +31
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Oddvar		 147 -6
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Jens		 150 0
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Inge		 162 -1
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Ola		 162 +11
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Åge		 163 +11
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Sverre		 163 -6
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Asbjørn		 166 -6
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Ove		 171 -6
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Torbjørn		 176 +5
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Reidar		 177 -12
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Frank		 180 +1
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Roar		 188 +11
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Vidar		 188 -5
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Finn		 189 -8
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Øystein		 189 +6
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Karl		 193 +1
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Thor		 195 +6
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Morten		 200 +21
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Arvid		 201 +2
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Øyvind		 202 -1
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Magne		 216 -4
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Alf		 229 +2
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Ivar		 245 -1
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Rune		 254 +8
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Dag		 255 +6
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Kåre		 261 -4
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Egil		 270 +1
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Jon		 271 0
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Tom		 276 -2
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Einar		 280 -3
28.
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Erik		 286 -5
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Arild		 320 0
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Nils		 334 -1
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Olav		 334 0
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Harald		 357 -2
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Trond		 359 +7
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Steinar		 371 -3
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Leif		 378 -5
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Lars		 383 0
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Rolf		 416 -5
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Geir		 419 +4
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Stein		 419 +15
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Tore		 427 +2
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Gunnar		 455 -1
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John		 475 -1
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Helge		 492 +4
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Ole		 494 -2
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Tor		 501 0
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Hans		 512 +2
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Odd		 580 0
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Knut		 655 -1
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Terje		 658 +1
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Arne		 671 0
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Svein		 812 0
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Kjell		 970 0
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Per		 1,024 -1
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Bjørn		 1,031 +1
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Jan		 1,390 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Erna		 57 -6
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Greta		 57 new
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Edel		 58 -5
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Ellinor		 59 new
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Lill		 60 new
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Margaret		 60 -5
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Målfrid		 61 new
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Oddny		 61 new
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Ingeborg		 67 +5
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Åshild		 70 -7
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Sigrun		 70 -12
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Olaug		 72 -4
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Linda		 73 -1
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Anita		 74 -4
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Ingebjørg		 74 -4
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Maria		 74 -8
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Gunhild		 78 +6
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Helga		 80 +2
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Sølvi		 81 -7
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Gunvor		 86 -5
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Kjersti		 86 +14
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Marie		 86 -10
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Signe		 87 -9
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Aase		 89 +16
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Lise		 89 -9
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Jorun		 90 -14
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Anne-Lise		 92 -10
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Evy		 95 +11
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Mary		 101 -7
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Nina		 103 +9
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Ingunn		 106 +2
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Sigrid		 108 +19
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Sonja		 108 -7
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Mona		 109 -10
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Birgit		 117 +9
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Kristin		 120 +8
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Torhild		 122 -6
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Hilde		 126 +16
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Torild		 127 -1
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Hanne		 128 +8
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Karen		 128 +6
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Sidsel		 131 +12
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Solfrid		 132 +4
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Synnøve		 132 -1
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Torunn		 132 0
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Rita		 133 +4
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Anna		 140 -3
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Mette		 146 -2
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Rigmor		 146 +2
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Lillian		 149 -5
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Marianne		 174 -5
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Kirsti		 178 -1
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Lisbeth		 184 -7
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Gro		 185 0
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Tone		 185 +7
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Ruth		 191 -2
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Ann		 200 +5
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Toril		 201 +9
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May		 203 0
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Bodil		 214 -2
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Ragnhild		 224 -12
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Elin		 226 +5
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Irene		 230 +2
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Brit		 231 -2
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Eli		 237 +2
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Laila		 261 +1
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Elisabeth		 271 -1
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Grethe		 280 -4
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Ingrid		 281 -1
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Gunn		 282 +6
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Solveig		 283 -13
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Åse		 285 -5
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Vigdis		 289 +6
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Britt		 297 +3
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Grete		 298 0
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Ellen		 301 -4
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Jorunn		 307 +3
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Reidun		 307 +2
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Sissel		 309 +10
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Torill		 316 0
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Turid		 316 -1
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Unni		 316 +3
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Kirsten		 322 +5
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Astrid		 346 -3
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Else		 376 +4
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Gerd		 387 -2
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Karin		 409 -3
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Tove		 452 +2
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Aud		 464 -2
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Bente		 478 +5
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Wenche		 502 +2
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Bjørg		 503 0
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Randi		 530 0
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Berit		 548 -1
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Eva		 579 +1
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Liv		 681 0
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Marit		 701 -1
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Kari		 750 +1
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Inger		 1,001 0
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Anne		 1,688 0
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Popularity extremes for Norway