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
1,429 0 +16 +1.1%
2.
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Per
1,078 0 +15 +1.4%
3.
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Bjørn
901 0 -106 -10.5%
4.
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Kjell
867 0 -35 -3.9%
5.
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Svein
825 0 0 0.0%
6.
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Terje
689 0 -1 -0.1%
7.
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Arne
672 0 -9 -1.3%
8.
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Knut
580 0 -64 -9.9%
9.
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Geir
573 +3 +82 +16.7%
10.
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Odd
538 -1 -35 -6.1%
11.
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John
516 +4 +62 +13.7%
11.
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Tor
516 -1 -16 -3.0%
13.
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Ole
497 0 +11 +2.3%
14.
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Hans
495 -3 -12 -2.4%
15.
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Stein
450 +7 +82 +22.3%
16.
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Trond
439 +4 +48 +12.3%
17.
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Tore
419 -1 -6 -1.4%
18.
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Helge
389 0 -10 -2.5%
19.
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Lars
384 +2 -6 -1.5%
20.
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Rolf
382 -3 -34 -8.2%
21.
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Gunnar
374 -7 -97 -20.6%
22.
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Steinar
367 -3 -28 -7.1%
23.
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Leif
366 +3 +39 +11.9%
24.
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Tom
361 +4 +43 +13.5%
25.
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Erik
344 -2 -20 -5.5%
26.
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Rune
342 +3 +46 +15.5%
27.
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Arild
338 -3 -12 -3.4%
28.
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Morten
333 +8 +84 +33.7%
29.
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Nils
327 -2 +6 +1.9%
30.
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Jon
301 +2 +26 +9.5%
31.
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Harald
292 -7 -58 -16.6%
32.
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Olav
283 -2 +3 +1.1%
33.
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Einar
259 -2 -19 -6.8%
34.
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Magne
252 +3 +4 +1.6%
35.
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Dag
250 -1 -3 -1.2%
36.
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Frank
243 +4 +15 +6.6%
37.
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Roar
240 +7 +46 +23.7%
38.
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Egil
239 -4 -14 -5.5%
39.
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Vidar
222 +3 +24 +12.1%
40.
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Kåre
213 -7 -41 -16.1%
41.
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Ivar
211 -2 -19 -8.3%
42.
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Øyvind
204 -4 -33 -13.9%
43.
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Alf
196 -2 -17 -8.0%
44.
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Øystein
187 +3 +4 +2.2%
44.
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Thor
187 +3 +4 +2.2%
46.
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Finn
185 -1 -4 -2.1%
47.
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Roy
183 +10 +30 +19.6%
48.
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Stig
174 +10 +24 +16.0%
49.
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Roger
171 +2 +6 +3.6%
50.
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Ove
170 +2 +9 +5.6%
50.
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Reidar
170 -5 -19 -10.1%
52.
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Arvid
168 -3 -8 -4.5%
52.
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Karl
168 -9 -28 -14.3%
54.
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Jens
157 +1 +1 +0.6%
55.
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Erling
151 -3 -10 -6.2%
56.
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Sverre
150 -2 -7 -4.5%
57.
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Torbjørn
149 -2 -7 -4.5%
58.
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Oddvar
148 -9 -28 -15.9%
59.
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Asbjørn
137 0 -9 -6.2%
59.
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Ola
137 +10 +10 +7.9%
61.
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Åge
136 +3 -2 -1.4%
61.
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Inge
136 +5 +1 +0.7%
63.
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Anders
135 -4 -11 -7.5%
64.
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Arve
131 +4 +3 +2.3%
64.
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Kurt
131 +8 +9 +7.4%
64.
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Øivind
131 -5 -15 -10.3%
67.
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Bjarne
130 0 -4 -3.0%
68.
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Paul
129 -5 -10 -7.2%
69.
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Jostein
128 -4 -8 -5.9%
70.
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Johnny
127 +2 +5 +4.1%
71.
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Petter
126 -1 +1 +0.8%
72.
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Johan
125 +2 +11 +9.6%
73.
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Robert
122 +7 +17 +16.2%
74.
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Frode
113 +15 +21 +22.8%
75.
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Jørn
112 +3 +5 +4.7%
75.
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Pål
112 +9 +16 +16.7%
77.
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Ragnar
111 -15 -32 -22.4%
78.
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Kai
110 -2 -1 -0.9%
79.
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Jarle
108 -9 -17 -13.6%
80.
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Arnt
106 +6 +12 +12.8%
81.
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David
104 -4 -5 -4.6%
82.
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Sven
103 -2 -2 -1.9%
83.
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Magnar
99 +11 +17 +20.7%
84.
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Arnfinn
97 -9 -16 -14.2%
84.
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Trygve
97 +2 +3 +3.2%
86.
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Peter
93 -3 -8 -7.9%
87.
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Atle
92 +1 -1 -1.1%
88.
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Håkon
91 +8 +14 +18.2%
88.
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Michael
91 new new new
88.
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Roald
91 -10 -16 -15.0%
91.
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Dagfinn
88 +5 +11 +14.3%
92.
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Willy
84 -3 -8 -8.7%
93.
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Bernt
83 -11 -20 -19.4%
94.
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Eivind
82 -10 -14 -14.6%
95.
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Ulf
81 -4 -7 -8.0%
96.
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Torstein
77 new new new
97.
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Torgeir
76 new new new
98.
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Bent
75 +1 +5 +7.1%
99.
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Sigmund
74 -7 -12 -14.0%
100.
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Thomas
71 new new new
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anne
1,697 0 -20 -1.2%
2.
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Inger
861 0 -80 -8.5%
3.
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Marit
733 +1 -32 -4.2%
4.
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Kari
722 -1 -73 -9.2%
5.
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Liv
721 0 -34 -4.5%
6.
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Bente
665 0 +81 +13.9%
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Eva
561 0 +2 +0.4%
8.
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Berit
537 0 -9 -1.6%
9.
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Tove
533 +3 +67 +14.4%
10.
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Wenche
511 0 +2 +0.4%
11.
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Randi
498 -2 -38 -7.1%
12.
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Bjørg
473 -1 +3 +0.6%
13.
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Unni
397 +3 +15 +3.9%
14.
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Aud
385 0 -12 -3.0%
15.
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Gunn
379 +8 +62 +19.6%
16.
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Gerd
368 -1 -16 -4.2%
17.
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Karin
363 -4 -54 -12.9%
18.
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Astrid
351 -1 -13 -3.6%
19.
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Ellen
330 +3 +8 +2.5%
20.
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Reidun
328 +1 +1 +0.3%
21.
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Sissel
327 +11 +42 +14.7%
21.
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Vigdis
327 +13 +54 +19.8%
23.
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Turid
312 -5 -22 -6.6%
24.
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Solveig
305 +1 -6 -1.9%
25.
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Grete
303 -7 -31 -9.3%
26.
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Elin
297 +2 +6 +2.1%
27.
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Elisabeth
282 +8 +17 +6.4%
28.
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Britt
281 +1 -9 -3.1%
29.
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Ingrid
278 -2 -21 -7.0%
30.
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Ann
276 +11 +49 +21.6%
31.
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Jorunn
271 0 -15 -5.2%
32.
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Else
270 -12 -58 -17.7%
33.
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Torill
267 0 -14 -5.0%
34.
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Kirsten
265 -10 -50 -15.9%
35.
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Grethe
262 -5 -26 -9.0%
36.
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Eli
256 +4 +23 +9.9%
37.
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Ragnhild
251 -1 -4 -1.6%
38.
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May
249 0 +1 +0.4%
38.
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Tone
249 -1 0 0.0%
40.
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Åse
245 -14 -57 -18.9%
41.
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Laila
241 -2 +2 +0.8%
42.
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Brit
228 +2 +14 +6.5%
42.
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Gro
228 +5 +44 +23.9%
44.
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Mette
218 +6 +53 +32.1%
45.
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Irene
210 +1 +7 +3.4%
46.
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Mona
207 +15 +83 +66.9%
47.
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Marianne
203 -5 -19 -8.6%
48.
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Bodil
201 -5 -15 -6.9%
49.
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Lisbeth
194 -4 -17 -8.1%
50.
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Rita
187 +3 +23 +14.0%
51.
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Toril
171 -1 +6 +3.6%
52.
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Hanne
169 +7 +42 +33.1%
53.
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Ingunn
165 +2 +2 +1.2%
54.
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Kristin
157 -6 -20 -11.3%
55.
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Ruth
150 -7 -27 -15.3%
56.
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Anna
144 +4 +19 +15.2%
57.
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Nina
143 +15 +43 +43.0%
58.
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Lillian
141 -5 -23 -14.0%
59.
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Kirsti
140 -2 -8 -5.4%
60.
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Solfrid
139 +5 +23 +19.8%
61.
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Heidi
137 +28 +71 +108%
62.
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Hilde
136 +1 +16 +13.3%
63.
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Anita
131 +10 +32 +32.3%
63.
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Torunn
131 -13 -34 -20.6%
65.
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Karen
129 -1 +12 +10.3%
66.
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Kjersti
122 +1 +14 +13.0%
66.
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Sølvi
122 +8 +24 +24.5%
68.
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Torhild
116 -2 +1 +0.9%
69.
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Synnøve
115 -11 -20 -14.8%
70.
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Rigmor
112 -14 -37 -24.8%
71.
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Lise
102 -2 0 0.0%
72.
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Mary
101 +6 +14 +16.1%
73.
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Maria
95 +4 0 0.0%
73.
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Sonja
95 -3 -6 -5.9%
75.
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Jorun
91 +3 +4 +4.6%
75.
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Sidsel
91 -13 -30 -24.8%
77.
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Torild
89 -9 -16 -15.2%
78.
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Birgit
86 +2 0 0.0%
79.
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Siri
85 +20 +26 +44.1%
80.
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Anne-Lise
84 +1 -1 -1.2%
80.
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Helga
84 -5 -13 -13.4%
82.
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Evy
83 -7 -14 -14.4%
82.
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Sigrun
83 0 +1 +1.2%
84.
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Linda
78 0 -2 -2.5%
85.
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Signe
77 -2 -4 -4.9%
86.
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Mari
72 new new new
87.
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Jane
71 new new new
87.
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Siv
71 new new new
89.
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Ingebjørg
69 +5 +6 +9.5%
89.
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Olaug
69 -2 -2 -2.8%
91.
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Åshild
68 new new new
91.
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Marie
68 -21 -33 -32.7%
91.
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Vera
68 -1 +4 +6.3%
94.
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Gunhild
67 +3 +7 +11.7%
94.
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Trine
67 +5 +8 +13.6%
96.
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Ingeborg
65 new new new
96.
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Margaret
65 -6 +1 +1.6%
98.
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Aase
64 -10 -5 -7.2%
98.
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Helen
64 -1 +4 +6.7%
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Sigrid
64 -12 -13 -16.9%