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
1,480 0
2.
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Per
1,030 0
3.
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Bjørn
1,015 0
4.
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Geir
996 0
5.
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Rune
699 +2
6.
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Svein
666 -1
7.
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Lars
649 +2
8.
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Terje
636 -2
9.
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Knut
633 +3
10.
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Trond
588 -2
11.
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Kjell
571 0
12.
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Ole
566 -2
13.
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Morten
554 0
14.
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John
527 +1
15.
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Tor
525 +4
16.
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Tom
478 0
17.
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Hans
469 -3
18.
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Arne
458 0
19.
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Tore
441 +1
20.
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Odd
418 -3
21.
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Erik
378 +1
22.
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Jon
347 +5
23.
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Dag
345 -2
24.
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Frode
329 +1
25.
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Helge
311 +7
26.
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Frank
309 -3
26.
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Nils
309 -2
26.
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Rolf
309 +5
26.
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Stein
309 +2
30.
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Arild
295 -5
31.
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Roy
288 +7
32.
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Leif
284 +2
33.
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Stig
274 -5
34.
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Harald
270 -1
34.
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Øyvind
270 +1
34.
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Pål
270 +6
37.
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Roger
265 -1
38.
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Vidar
256 -1
39.
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Gunnar
249 0
40.
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Steinar
238 -10
41.
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Anders
213 +7
42.
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Roar
212 -2
43.
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Olav
203 0
44.
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Einar
201 +2
45.
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Øystein
199 -3
46.
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Jørn
195 -2
47.
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Jarle
188 -2
47.
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Ove
188 0
49.
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Magne
186 +5
50.
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Johnny
181 0
50.
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Kjetil
181 +6
52.
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Atle
180 +11
53.
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Ivar
171 0
54.
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Jonny
167 +14
55.
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Egil
166 0
56.
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Petter
155 +5
56.
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Robert
155 +10
58.
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Alf
153 -10
59.
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Jens
152 +3
60.
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Finn
141 -9
60.
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Kurt
141 +5
60.
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Thor
141 -9
63.
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Karl
140 -6
64.
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Inge
139 +9
65.
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Torbjørn
137 +8
66.
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Espen
136 -7
66.
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Peter
136 -2
68.
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Kai
134 +7
69.
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Håkon
127 +15
69.
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Kåre
127 -11
71.
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Tommy
123 -4
72.
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Michael
120 +8
73.
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Thomas
118 +13
74.
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Ola
115 -14
74.
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Sven
115 +2
74.
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Sverre
115 -3
77.
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Arve
113 -7
77.
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Henning
113 +1
79.
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Eivind
109 +18
79.
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Jostein
109 -8
79.
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Ståle
109 +4
82.
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Paul
108 -13
83.
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Johan
106 -6
84.
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Erling
105 -4
85.
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Asbjørn
100 +4
86.
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Arnt
98 +11
87.
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Bård
96 -8
88.
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Ronny
95 -2
89.
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Reidar
94 +2
90.
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Ulf
93 +5
91.
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Bernt
92 new
92.
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Eirik
91 0
93.
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Arvid
90 0
94.
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David
89 -10
94.
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Runar
89 new
96.
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Bjarne
87 new
97.
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Åge
86 -9
97.
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Kenneth
86 -4
97.
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Ketil
86 0
100.
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Christian
83 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Anne
1,865 0
2.
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Hilde
680 +1
3.
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Heidi
662 +5
4.
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Anita
633 +6
5.
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Nina
620 +1
6.
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Kari
596 -2
7.
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Marit
590 -2
8.
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Bente
587 -6
9.
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Inger
579 -2
10.
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Tone
547 +1
11.
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Mette
522 +5
12.
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Tove
486 -3
13.
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Marianne
470 0
14.
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Kristin
450 +5
15.
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Eva
441 +2
16.
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Berit
435 +4
17.
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Mona
434 -5
18.
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Hanne
406 +3
19.
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Liv
395 -5
20.
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Elisabeth
393 +2
21.
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Ann
391 +1
21.
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Elin
391 -3
23.
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Wenche
382 -8
24.
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Randi
352 0
25.
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Rita
340 +5
26.
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Laila
324 +21
27.
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Sissel
319 -2
28.
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Gunn
314 -2
29.
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Ellen
308 -2
30.
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Kjersti
271 +23
31.
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Linda
270 -3
32.
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Astrid
257 +1
33.
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Ingrid
253 +7
34.
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Karin
250 +1
35.
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May
248 -6
36.
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Trine
246 -6
37.
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Gro
244 -2
38.
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Lise
242 0
39.
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Lisbeth
235 +10
40.
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Jorunn
233 -1
41.
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Grete
232 -9
42.
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Irene
229 +4
43.
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Grethe
227 -9
44.
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Britt
212 -7
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Hege
212 +11
44.
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Siv
212 0
47.
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Eli
208 0
48.
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Unni
204 -5
49.
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Åse
200 -7
49.
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Turid
200 -8
51.
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Bjørg
189 -6
51.
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Merete
189 0
53.
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Janne
187 -3
53.
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Solveig
187 +3
55.
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Aud
168 -3
56.
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Monica
167 +21
57.
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Maria
163 +8
58.
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Anna
154 +9
59.
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Trude
153 0
60.
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Siri
150 +6
61.
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Ragnhild
149 -3
62.
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Torill
147 -9
63.
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Vigdis
145 -6
64.
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Else
144 -1
65.
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Ingunn
142 -4
65.
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Kirsten
142 -1
67.
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Line
135 +11
68.
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Sølvi
129 0
69.
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Gerd
123 +1
70.
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Gry
120 0
70.
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Kirsti
120 +6
72.
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Beate
117 +10
73.
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Bodil
114 -11
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Lene
114 +1
75.
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Reidun
113 -6
76.
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Synnøve
106 +8
77.
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Brit
105 -2
78.
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Karen
102 +1
79.
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Lillian
97 -19
80.
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Vibeke
96 +8
81.
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Torunn
95 -11
82.
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Toril
94 -9
83.
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Ruth
92 -3
84.
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Jane
89 +1
85.
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Birgit
88 +2
86.
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Helle
87 -5
87.
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Solfrid
86 +4
88.
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Mari
84 -5
89.
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Cathrine
77 new
89.
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Susanne
77 +10
91.
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Anette
76 +4
92.
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Lena
75 +2
93.
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Aina
74 new
94.
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Helen
73 new
94.
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Sonja
73 new
96.
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Merethe
72 new
97.
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Monika
71 new
98.
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Helene
69 new
98.
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Lill
69 -7
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Mariann
69 -12