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
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
1.
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Jan
1,413 0 +23 +1.7%
2.
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Per
1,063 +1 +39 +3.8%
3.
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Bjørn
1,007 -1 -24 -2.3%
4.
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Kjell
902 0 -68 -7.0%
5.
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Svein
825 0 +13 +1.6%
6.
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Terje
690 +1 +32 +4.9%
7.
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Arne
681 -1 +10 +1.5%
8.
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Knut
644 0 -11 -1.7%
9.
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Odd
573 0 -7 -1.2%
10.
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Tor
532 +1 +31 +6.2%
11.
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Hans
507 -1 -5 -1.0%
12.
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Geir
491 +5 +72 +17.2%
13.
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Ole
486 -1 -8 -1.6%
14.
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Gunnar
471 +1 +16 +3.5%
15.
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John
454 -1 -21 -4.4%
16.
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Tore
425 0 -2 -0.5%
17.
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Rolf
416 +2 0 0.0%
18.
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Helge
399 -5 -93 -18.9%
19.
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Steinar
395 +3 +24 +6.5%
20.
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Trond
391 +3 +32 +8.9%
21.
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Lars
390 -1 +7 +1.8%
22.
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Stein
368 -5 -51 -12.2%
23.
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Erik
364 +5 +78 +27.3%
24.
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Arild
350 +3 +30 +9.4%
24.
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Harald
350 0 -7 -2.0%
26.
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Leif
327 -5 -51 -13.5%
27.
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Nils
321 -2 -13 -3.9%
28.
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Tom
318 +2 +42 +15.2%
29.
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Rune
296 +6 +42 +16.5%
30.
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Olav
280 -5 -54 -16.2%
31.
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Einar
278 -2 -2 -0.7%
32.
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Jon
275 -1 +4 +1.5%
33.
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Kåre
254 0 -7 -2.7%
34.
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Dag
253 0 -2 -0.8%
34.
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Egil
253 -2 -17 -6.3%
36.
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Morten
249 +5 +49 +24.5%
37.
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Magne
248 +1 +32 +14.8%
38.
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Øyvind
237 +1 +35 +17.3%
39.
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Ivar
230 -3 -15 -6.1%
40.
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Frank
228 +8 +48 +26.7%
41.
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Alf
213 -4 -16 -7.0%
42.
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Vidar
198 +4 +10 +5.3%
43.
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Karl
196 0 +3 +1.6%
44.
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Roar
194 +2 +6 +3.2%
45.
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Finn
189 -1 0 0.0%
45.
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Reidar
189 +4 +12 +6.8%
47.
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Øystein
183 -3 -6 -3.2%
47.
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Thor
183 -5 -12 -6.2%
49.
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Arvid
176 -9 -25 -12.4%
49.
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Oddvar
176 +9 +29 +19.7%
51.
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Roger
165 +18 +44 +36.4%
52.
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Erling
161 +10 +21 +15.0%
52.
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Ove
161 -1 -10 -5.8%
54.
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Sverre
157 -1 -6 -3.7%
55.
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Jens
156 +2 +6 +4.0%
55.
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Torbjørn
156 -5 -20 -11.4%
57.
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Roy
153 +10 +30 +24.4%
58.
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Stig
150 +14 +32 +27.1%
59.
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Anders
146 +12 +26 +21.7%
59.
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Asbjørn
146 -7 -20 -12.0%
59.
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Øivind
146 +10 +25 +20.7%
62.
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Ragnar
143 +3 +10 +7.5%
63.
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Paul
139 +3 +11 +8.6%
64.
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Åge
138 -11 -25 -15.3%
65.
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Jostein
136 +2 +13 +10.6%
66.
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Inge
135 -11 -27 -16.7%
67.
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Bjarne
134 -6 -7 -5.0%
68.
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Arve
128 -8 -15 -10.5%
69.
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Ola
127 -14 -35 -21.6%
70.
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Jarle
125 +22 +37 +42.0%
70.
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Petter
125 +5 +22 +21.4%
72.
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Johnny
122 +11 +26 +27.1%
72.
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Kurt
122 -9 -12 -9.0%
74.
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Johan
114 -11 -20 -14.9%
75.
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Arnfinn
113 -17 -34 -23.1%
76.
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Kai
111 +3 +10 +9.9%
77.
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David
109 +12 +18 +19.8%
78.
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Jørn
107 -3 +4 +3.9%
78.
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Roald
107 -1 +5 +4.9%
80.
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Robert
105 -7 -7 -6.3%
80.
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Sven
105 -3 +3 +2.9%
82.
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Bernt
103 +16 +20 +24.1%
83.
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Peter
101 -2 +2 +2.0%
84.
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Eivind
96 +4 +2 +2.1%
84.
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Pål
96 -1 0 0.0%
86.
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Arnt
94 +12 +11 +13.3%
86.
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Trygve
94 -4 -3 -3.1%
88.
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Atle
93 +4 +5 +5.7%
89.
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Frode
92 +3 +4 +4.5%
89.
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Willy
92 +6 +5 +5.7%
91.
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Ulf
88 new new new
92.
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Sigmund
86 -9 -10 -10.4%
93.
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Martin
83 -10 -13 -13.5%
94.
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Magnar
82 -14 -18 -18.0%
95.
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Henning
81 new new new
96.
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Dagfinn
77 -22 -27 -26.0%
96.
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Håkon
77 0 -8 -9.4%
98.
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Birger
76 0 -7 -8.4%
99.
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Bent
70 new new new
99.
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Harry
70 -9 -19 -21.3%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anne
1,717 0 +29 +1.7%
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Inger
941 0 -60 -6.0%
3.
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Kari
795 0 +45 +6.0%
4.
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Marit
765 0 +64 +9.1%
5.
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Liv
755 0 +74 +10.9%
6.
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Bente
584 +5 +106 +22.2%
7.
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Eva
559 -1 -20 -3.5%
8.
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Berit
546 -1 -2 -0.4%
9.
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Randi
536 -1 +6 +1.1%
10.
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Wenche
509 0 +7 +1.4%
11.
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Bjørg
470 -2 -33 -6.6%
12.
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Tove
466 +1 +14 +3.1%
13.
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Karin
417 +1 +8 +2.0%
14.
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Aud
397 -2 -67 -14.4%
15.
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Gerd
384 0 -3 -0.8%
16.
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Unni
382 +3 +66 +20.9%
17.
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Astrid
364 0 +18 +5.2%
18.
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Grete
334 +8 +36 +12.1%
18.
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Turid
334 +1 +18 +5.7%
20.
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Else
328 -4 -48 -12.8%
21.
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Reidun
327 +2 +20 +6.5%
22.
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Ellen
322 +3 +21 +7.0%
23.
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Gunn
317 +8 +35 +12.4%
24.
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Kirsten
315 -6 -7 -2.2%
25.
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Solveig
311 +5 +28 +9.9%
26.
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Åse
302 +3 +17 +6.0%
27.
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Ingrid
299 +5 +18 +6.4%
28.
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Elin
291 +11 +65 +28.8%
29.
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Britt
290 -2 -7 -2.4%
30.
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Grethe
288 +3 +8 +2.9%
31.
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Jorunn
286 -8 -21 -6.8%
32.
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Sissel
285 -10 -24 -7.8%
33.
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Torill
281 -14 -35 -11.1%
34.
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Vigdis
273 -6 -16 -5.5%
35.
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Elisabeth
265 -1 -6 -2.2%
36.
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Ragnhild
255 +4 +31 +13.8%
37.
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Tone
249 +9 +64 +34.6%
38.
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May
248 +4 +45 +22.2%
39.
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Laila
239 -4 -22 -8.4%
40.
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Eli
233 -4 -4 -1.7%
41.
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Ann
227 +3 +27 +13.5%
42.
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Marianne
222 +8 +48 +27.6%
43.
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Bodil
216 -2 +2 +0.9%
44.
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Brit
214 -7 -17 -7.4%
45.
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Lisbeth
211 +3 +27 +14.7%
46.
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Irene
203 -8 -27 -11.7%
47.
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Gro
184 -1 -1 -0.5%
48.
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Kristin
177 +17 +57 +47.5%
48.
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Ruth
177 -3 -14 -7.3%
50.
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Mette
165 +2 +19 +13.0%
50.
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Toril
165 -7 -36 -17.9%
50.
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Torunn
165 +6 +33 +25.0%
53.
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Lillian
164 -2 +15 +10.1%
53.
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Rita
164 +2 +31 +23.3%
55.
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Ingunn
163 +15 +57 +53.8%
56.
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Rigmor
149 -4 +3 +2.1%
57.
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Kirsti
148 -8 -30 -16.9%
58.
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Synnøve
135 -2 +3 +2.3%
59.
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Hanne
127 +1 -1 -0.8%
60.
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Anna
125 -6 -15 -10.7%
61.
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Mona
124 +6 +15 +13.8%
62.
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Sidsel
121 -3 -10 -7.6%
63.
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Hilde
120 0 -6 -4.8%
64.
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Karen
117 -4 -11 -8.6%
65.
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Solfrid
116 -9 -16 -12.1%
66.
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Torhild
115 -2 -7 -5.7%
67.
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Kjersti
108 +12 +22 +25.6%
68.
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Torild
105 -6 -22 -17.3%
69.
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Lise
102 +7 +13 +14.6%
70.
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Marie
101 +9 +15 +17.4%
70.
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Sonja
101 -2 -7 -6.5%
72.
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Nina
100 -1 -3 -2.9%
73.
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Anita
99 +12 +25 +33.8%
74.
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Sølvi
98 +8 +17 +21.0%
75.
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Evy
97 -2 +2 +2.1%
75.
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Helga
97 +8 +17 +21.3%
77.
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Maria
95 +8 +21 +28.4%
78.
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Jorun
87 -3 -3 -3.3%
78.
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Mary
87 -6 -14 -13.9%
80.
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Birgit
86 -14 -31 -26.5%
81.
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Anne-Lise
85 -7 -7 -7.6%
82.
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Sigrun
82 +8 +12 +17.1%
83.
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Signe
81 -5 -6 -6.9%
84.
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Gunvor
80 -5 -6 -7.0%
84.
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Linda
80 +4 +7 +9.6%
86.
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Sigrid
77 -18 -31 -28.7%
87.
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Olaug
71 +2 -1 -1.4%
88.
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Aase
69 -12 -20 -22.5%
89.
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Heidi
66 new new new
90.
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Ellinor
64 +7 +5 +8.5%
90.
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Margaret
64 +5 +4 +6.7%
90.
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Oddny
64 +3 +3 +4.9%
90.
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Vera
64 new new new
94.
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Edel
63 +4 +5 +8.6%
94.
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Ingebjørg
63 -9 -11 -14.9%
96.
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Aslaug
62 new new new
97.
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Gunhild
60 -13 -18 -23.1%
97.
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Helen
60 new new new
99.
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Siri
59 new new new
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Trine
59 new new new