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
1,517 0 +60 +4.1%
2.
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Per
1,045 0 +50 +5.0%
3.
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Bjørn
970 0 -13 -1.3%
4.
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Geir
926 0 +20 +2.2%
5.
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Rune
651 +4 +52 +8.7%
6.
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Kjell
646 -1 -26 -3.9%
7.
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Svein
644 0 +16 +2.5%
8.
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Terje
628 -2 -33 -5.0%
9.
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Knut
588 -1 -29 -4.7%
10.
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Ole
575 0 -7 -1.2%
11.
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Morten
570 0 -11 -1.9%
12.
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Lars
538 0 -38 -6.6%
13.
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Tom
531 0 -22 -4.0%
14.
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Trond
524 +2 +19 +3.8%
15.
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Tor
519 -1 -5 -1.0%
16.
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Hans
515 +3 +84 +19.5%
17.
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Arne
497 -2 -17 -3.3%
18.
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Odd
470 -1 -5 -1.1%
19.
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John
453 -1 -2 -0.4%
20.
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Dag
434 +3 +105 +31.9%
21.
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Tore
426 -1 +42 +10.9%
22.
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Erik
349 0 +17 +5.1%
23.
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Stein
323 -2 -18 -5.3%
24.
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Frank
310 +2 +3 +1.0%
25.
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Rolf
306 -1 -8 -2.5%
26.
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Jon
302 -1 -10 -3.2%
27.
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Vidar
289 +6 +29 +11.2%
28.
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Steinar
285 +8 +32 +12.6%
29.
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Helge
283 -2 -16 -5.4%
30.
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Leif
278 -2 -14 -4.8%
31.
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Harald
275 -2 -11 -3.8%
32.
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Arild
272 -3 -14 -4.9%
32.
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Nils
272 -1 -13 -4.6%
34.
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Frode
271 -2 -4 -1.5%
35.
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Gunnar
265 -1 +6 +2.3%
36.
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Roy
261 +2 +22 +9.2%
37.
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Øyvind
259 +2 +25 +10.7%
38.
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Stig
250 -1 +7 +2.9%
39.
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Olav
248 +1 +18 +7.8%
40.
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Roger
236 -5 -18 -7.1%
41.
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Einar
231 +3 +24 +11.6%
42.
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Pål
225 +1 +16 +7.7%
43.
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Ove
205 -1 -7 -3.3%
44.
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Øystein
198 +2 +15 +8.2%
45.
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Egil
197 +6 +29 +17.3%
46.
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Jørn
196 -1 +6 +3.2%
47.
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Johnny
190 +7 +29 +18.0%
48.
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Ivar
186 +8 +27 +17.0%
49.
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Roar
183 -8 -44 -19.4%
50.
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Jarle
181 +3 +19 +11.7%
51.
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Anders
178 -4 -1 -0.6%
52.
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Thor
171 -2 0 0.0%
53.
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Magne
169 -2 +1 +0.6%
54.
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Alf
168 -7 -11 -6.1%
55.
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Finn
166 +2 +16 +10.7%
56.
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Kåre
161 +2 +15 +10.3%
57.
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Atle
157 +2 +14 +9.8%
58.
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Karl
153 +2 +12 +8.5%
59.
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Jens
152 +9 +26 +20.6%
59.
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Petter
152 +4 +16 +11.8%
61.
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Kjetil
149 -6 -11 -6.9%
62.
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Inge
143 +10 +26 +22.2%
63.
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Kurt
141 -14 -33 -19.0%
64.
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Robert
136 +2 +7 +5.4%
65.
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Arvid
129 +15 +27 +26.5%
66.
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Paul
128 +10 +18 +16.4%
67.
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Espen
127 +9 +17 +15.5%
68.
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Jostein
124 +8 +14 +12.7%
69.
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Tommy
122 -4 -8 -6.2%
70.
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Kai
121 -6 -11 -8.3%
71.
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Arve
120 -10 -20 -14.3%
71.
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Peter
120 -9 -19 -13.7%
73.
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Reidar
119 -3 0 0.0%
74.
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Åge
118 -1 +2 +1.7%
74.
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Asbjørn
118 +16 +30 +34.1%
76.
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Håkon
117 +4 +15 +14.7%
77.
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Torbjørn
114 -10 -13 -10.2%
78.
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Ola
113 -10 -13 -10.3%
79.
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Johan
111 +3 +12 +12.1%
80.
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Erling
105 -9 -13 -11.0%
81.
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Sverre
104 -7 -11 -9.6%
82.
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Michael
100 -3 -8 -7.4%
83.
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Martin
99 +15 +17 +20.7%
84.
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Jonny
97 +6 +9 +10.2%
85.
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Andrzej
95 new new new
85.
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Henning
95 +11 +11 +13.1%
85.
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Sven
95 -11 -20 -17.4%
88.
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Bernt
94 new new new
89.
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Øivind
93 +8 +10 +12.0%
89.
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Ståle
93 +11 +16 +20.8%
91.
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Eivind
92 -6 -3 -3.2%
92.
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Thomas
91 -4 +2 +2.2%
93.
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Ronny
90 new new new
94.
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Ketil
89 -6 0 0.0%
95.
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Bjarne
88 new new new
95.
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David
88 -2 +2 +2.3%
97.
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Ragnar
86 new new new
98.
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Arnt
84 -12 -9 -9.7%
99.
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Oddvar
83 0 +5 +6.4%
99.
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Ulf
83 -17 -16 -16.2%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anne
1,832 0 -38 -2.0%
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Bente
697 0 -55 -7.3%
3.
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Inger
655 0 +4 +0.6%
4.
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Kari
635 0 +12 +1.9%
5.
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Marit
615 0 -7 -1.1%
6.
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Hilde
578 0 +48 +9.1%
7.
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Nina
564 +1 +50 +9.7%
8.
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Tove
546 -2 +16 +3.0%
9.
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Heidi
525 +6 +110 +26.5%
10.
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Liv
522 -1 +28 +5.7%
11.
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Anita
490 +1 +39 +8.6%
12.
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Tone
458 -1 +2 +0.4%
13.
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Eva
450 -3 -28 -5.9%
13.
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Marianne
450 +1 +23 +5.4%
15.
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Mona
440 +3 +57 +14.9%
16.
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Wenche
398 -3 -36 -8.3%
17.
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Hanne
389 +12 +101 +35.1%
18.
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Kristin
361 +3 +14 +4.0%
19.
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Berit
359 -4 -56 -13.5%
20.
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Randi
357 0 -7 -1.9%
21.
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Sissel
354 -4 -40 -10.2%
22.
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Elin
350 0 +7 +2.0%
23.
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Ann
342 -4 -35 -9.3%
24.
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Mette
326 +3 +25 +8.3%
25.
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Gunn
314 -3 -29 -8.5%
26.
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May
311 0 +6 +2.0%
27.
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Gro
292 +3 +12 +4.3%
28.
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Ellen
285 -4 -33 -10.4%
29.
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Elisabeth
284 -4 -23 -7.5%
29.
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Jorunn
284 +4 +23 +8.8%
31.
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Karin
263 0 -11 -4.0%
32.
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Turid
257 +6 +13 +5.3%
33.
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Astrid
253 -1 -18 -6.6%
34.
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Lisbeth
250 +11 +49 +24.4%
35.
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Unni
246 -7 -43 -14.9%
36.
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Linda
237 +4 +1 +0.4%
37.
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Ingrid
235 -2 -18 -7.1%
38.
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Grete
234 -4 -26 -10.0%
38.
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Grethe
234 -3 -19 -7.5%
40.
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Britt
232 -1 -6 -2.5%
41.
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Åse
228 -1 -8 -3.4%
42.
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Bjørg
226 -5 -23 -9.2%
43.
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Hege
222 +11 +49 +28.3%
43.
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Solveig
222 +7 +33 +17.5%
45.
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Trine
220 +10 +51 +30.2%
46.
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Aud
216 -4 -14 -6.1%
47.
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Laila
213 +1 +17 +8.7%
48.
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Rita
205 -4 -2 -1.0%
49.
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Lise
193 +3 +11 +6.0%
50.
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Eli
192 -7 -17 -8.1%
51.
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Siv
191 +7 +29 +17.9%
52.
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Kjersti
188 +9 +30 +19.0%
53.
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Irene
186 -2 -2 -1.1%
54.
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Janne
177 +4 +15 +9.3%
55.
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Torill
171 -10 -30 -14.9%
56.
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Vigdis
169 -9 -28 -14.2%
57.
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Maria
165 +1 +3 +1.9%
58.
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Siri
163 +7 +21 +14.8%
59.
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Gerd
159 -10 -36 -18.5%
60.
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Ragnhild
158 -7 -16 -9.2%
61.
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Else
156 +1 +2 +1.3%
62.
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Reidun
155 -5 -11 -6.6%
63.
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Brit
154 +4 +20 +14.9%
64.
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Kirsten
152 -9 -17 -10.1%
65.
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Bodil
142 +2 +8 +6.0%
66.
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Ingunn
140 +1 +6 +4.5%
67.
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Toril
134 -1 -4 -2.9%
68.
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Sølvi
133 -5 -11 -7.6%
69.
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Lillian
131 -5 -12 -8.4%
70.
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Anna
129 0 -1 -0.8%
71.
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Torunn
122 +1 +7 +6.1%
72.
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Merete
119 +3 +13 +12.3%
73.
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Gry
117 +1 +8 +7.3%
74.
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Jane
115 -3 -5 -4.2%
75.
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Synnøve
108 +4 +9 +9.1%
76.
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Trude
107 +2 +6 +5.9%
77.
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Birgit
104 +3 +7 +7.2%
78.
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Lene
101 +12 +32 +46.4%
78.
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Ruth
101 -1 -4 -3.8%
80.
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Kirsti
100 -7 -10 -9.1%
81.
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Karen
99 -6 -7 -6.6%
81.
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Monica
99 +7 +28 +39.4%
83.
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Helle
96 -2 +18 +23.1%
84.
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Rigmor
88 +6 +19 +27.5%
85.
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Mariann
84 +8 +16 +23.5%
86.
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Evy
83 -5 +5 +6.4%
86.
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Line
83 new new new
88.
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Solfrid
82 -7 +4 +5.1%
89.
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Lill
79 +1 +10 +14.5%
90.
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Beate
76 +7 +12 +18.8%
91.
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Torhild
73 -7 -3 -3.9%
92.
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Sonja
72 +3 +7 +10.8%
93.
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Lena
71 +5 +8 +12.7%
94.
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Guri
68 +6 +6 +9.7%
95.
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Susanne
67 new new new
96.
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Ingeborg
66 +2 +3 +4.8%
96.
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Mai
66 new new new
96.
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Mary
66 new new new
99.
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Vibeke
63 -11 -8 -11.3%
100.
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Jorun
62 -6 -5 -7.5%