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
1,457 0
2.
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Per
995 0
3.
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Bjørn
983 0
4.
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Geir
906 0
5.
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Kjell
672 0
6.
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Terje
661 0
7.
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Svein
628 -1
8.
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Knut
617 +1
9.
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Rune
599 -1
10.
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Ole
582 +1
11.
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Morten
581 -1
12.
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Lars
576 0
13.
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Tom
553 0
14.
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Tor
524 0
15.
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Arne
514 +1
16.
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Trond
505 -1
17.
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Odd
475 +1
18.
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John
455 -1
19.
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Hans
431 0
20.
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Tore
384 0
21.
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Stein
341 +2
22.
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Erik
332 0
23.
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Dag
329 +8
24.
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Rolf
314 -3
25.
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Jon
312 +8
26.
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Frank
307 +1
27.
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Helge
299 -3
28.
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Leif
292 +4
29.
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Arild
286 -1
29.
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Harald
286 +5
31.
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Nils
285 -2
32.
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Frode
275 +9
33.
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Vidar
260 -8
34.
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Gunnar
259 -4
35.
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Roger
254 +2
36.
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Steinar
253 -10
37.
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Stig
243 +1
38.
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Roy
239 -3
39.
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Øyvind
234 0
40.
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Olav
230 -4
41.
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Roar
227 +2
42.
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Ove
212 +3
43.
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Pål
209 +1
44.
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Einar
207 -4
45.
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Jørn
190 +7
46.
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Øystein
183 +1
47.
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Alf
179 +3
47.
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Anders
179 +2
49.
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Kurt
174 +8
50.
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Thor
171 +4
51.
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Egil
168 -9
51.
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Magne
168 -3
53.
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Jarle
162 +11
54.
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Johnny
161 +6
55.
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Kjetil
160 +21
56.
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Ivar
159 -10
57.
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Finn
150 -6
58.
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Kåre
146 -3
59.
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Atle
143 -2
60.
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Karl
141 +7
61.
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Arve
140 +20
62.
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Peter
139 +3
63.
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Petter
136 -4
64.
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Kai
132 -1
65.
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Tommy
130 -9
66.
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Robert
129 +9
67.
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Torbjørn
127 0
68.
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Jens
126 -15
68.
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Ola
126 -1
70.
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Reidar
119 +1
71.
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Erling
118 +8
72.
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Inge
117 -10
73.
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Åge
116 +1
74.
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Sven
115 +12
74.
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Sverre
115 -2
76.
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Espen
110 +12
76.
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Jostein
110 -16
76.
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Paul
110 -3
79.
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Michael
108 0
80.
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Arvid
102 -3
80.
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Håkon
102 -13
82.
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Johan
99 -4
82.
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Ulf
99 +14
84.
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Runar
98 new
85.
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Eivind
95 -2
86.
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Arnt
93 +12
87.
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Roald
91 +11
88.
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Ketil
89 +5
88.
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Thomas
89 +9
90.
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Asbjørn
88 -25
90.
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Jonny
88 0
90.
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Trygve
88 +2
93.
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Bent
86 new
93.
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David
86 -2
95.
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Bård
85 new
96.
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Henning
84 -8
97.
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Øivind
83 new
98.
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Martin
82 new
99.
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Oddvar
78 -14
100.
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Ståle
77 -14
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,870 0
2.
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Bente
752 0
3.
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Inger
651 +1
4.
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Kari
623 -1
5.
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Marit
622 0
6.
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Hilde
530 +6
6.
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Tove
530 0
8.
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Nina
514 +6
9.
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Liv
494 +1
10.
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Eva
478 -3
11.
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Tone
456 +8
12.
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Anita
451 +3
13.
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Wenche
434 -4
14.
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Marianne
427 -6
15.
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Berit
415 -2
15.
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Heidi
415 -4
17.
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Sissel
394 -1
18.
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Mona
383 +2
19.
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Ann
377 +8
20.
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Randi
364 -3
21.
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Kristin
347 -3
22.
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Elin
343 +4
22.
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Gunn
343 -1
24.
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Ellen
318 +3
25.
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Elisabeth
307 -2
26.
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May
305 -1
27.
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Mette
301 +4
28.
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Unni
289 -6
29.
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Hanne
288 +4
30.
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Gro
280 +1
31.
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Karin
274 +6
32.
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Astrid
271 +3
33.
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Jorunn
261 +6
34.
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Grete
260 -7
35.
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Grethe
253 -5
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Ingrid
253 +5
37.
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Bjørg
249 -13
38.
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Turid
244 -4
39.
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Britt
238 +7
40.
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Åse
236 -4
40.
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Linda
236 +14
42.
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Aud
230 -4
43.
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Eli
209 +1
44.
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Rita
207 -1
45.
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Lisbeth
201 +3
45.
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Torill
201 -3
47.
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Vigdis
197 +4
48.
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Laila
196 -3
49.
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Gerd
195 0
50.
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Solveig
189 -9
51.
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Irene
188 -4
52.
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Lise
182 -2
53.
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Ragnhild
174 +2
54.
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Hege
173 +15
55.
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Kirsten
169 -3
55.
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Trine
169 +7
57.
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Reidun
166 +1
58.
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Janne
162 +13
58.
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Maria
162 +13
58.
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Siv
162 +8
61.
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Kjersti
158 -2
62.
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Else
154 -5
63.
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Sølvi
144 -1
64.
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Lillian
143 +1
65.
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Siri
142 -5
66.
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Toril
138 -5
67.
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Bodil
134 -14
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Brit
134 -11
67.
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Ingunn
134 -5
70.
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Anna
130 -2
71.
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Jane
120 +3
72.
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Torunn
115 -2
73.
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Kirsti
110 0
74.
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Gry
109 +15
75.
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Karen
106 0
75.
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Merete
106 +3
77.
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Ruth
105 -10
78.
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Trude
101 +15
79.
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Synnøve
99 -3
80.
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Birgit
97 +12
81.
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Evy
78 -2
81.
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Helle
78 new
81.
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Solfrid
78 -4
84.
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Torhild
76 +2
85.
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Signe
75 -2
86.
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Mari
74 -2
86.
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Marie
74 -5
88.
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Monica
71 +9
88.
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Vibeke
71 -1
90.
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Lene
69 +7
90.
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Lill
69 +7
90.
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Rigmor
69 -2
93.
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Mariann
68 -4
94.
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Jorun
67 -10
95.
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Sonja
65 -15
95.
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Torild
65 -4
97.
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Beate
64 new
98.
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Ingeborg
63 -17
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Lena
63 new
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Guri
62 new