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
1,380 0 -100 -6.8%
2.
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Per
1,115 0 +85 +8.3%
3.
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Bjørn
1,106 0 +91 +9.0%
4.
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Geir
934 0 -62 -6.2%
5.
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Rune
735 0 +36 +5.2%
6.
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Lars
681 +1 +32 +4.9%
7.
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Terje
657 +1 +21 +3.3%
8.
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Svein
655 -2 -11 -1.7%
9.
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Trond
641 +1 +53 +9.0%
10.
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Knut
626 -1 -7 -1.1%
11.
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Ole
613 +1 +47 +8.3%
12.
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Kjell
576 -1 +5 +0.9%
13.
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John
555 +1 +28 +5.3%
14.
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Morten
544 -1 -10 -1.8%
15.
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Tor
525 0 0 0.0%
16.
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Hans
495 +1 +26 +5.5%
17.
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Arne
490 +1 +32 +7.0%
18.
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Tom
473 -2 -5 -1.0%
19.
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Tore
463 0 +22 +5.0%
20.
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Odd
403 0 -15 -3.6%
21.
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Erik
400 0 +22 +5.8%
22.
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Jon
375 0 +28 +8.1%
23.
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Stig
374 +10 +100 +36.5%
24.
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Frank
368 +2 +59 +19.1%
25.
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Frode
347 -1 +18 +5.5%
26.
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Dag
341 -3 -4 -1.2%
27.
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Arild
318 +3 +23 +7.8%
28.
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Roy
316 +3 +28 +9.7%
29.
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Stein
314 -3 +5 +1.6%
30.
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Helge
313 -5 +2 +0.6%
31.
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Rolf
309 -5 0 0.0%
32.
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Øyvind
308 +2 +38 +14.1%
33.
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Roger
302 +4 +37 +14.0%
34.
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Steinar
288 +6 +50 +21.0%
35.
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Harald
283 -1 +13 +4.8%
36.
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Vidar
274 +2 +18 +7.0%
37.
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Nils
273 -11 -36 -11.7%
38.
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Pål
271 -4 +1 +0.4%
39.
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Leif
259 -7 -25 -8.8%
40.
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Robert
258 +16 +103 +66.5%
41.
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Jarle
254 +6 +66 +35.1%
42.
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Anders
246 -1 +33 +15.5%
43.
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Gunnar
240 -4 -9 -3.6%
44.
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Olav
234 -1 +31 +15.3%
45.
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Øystein
217 0 +18 +9.0%
46.
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Kjetil
208 +4 +27 +14.9%
47.
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Roar
201 -5 -11 -5.2%
48.
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Jørn
200 -2 +5 +2.6%
49.
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Ove
199 -2 +11 +5.9%
50.
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Magne
198 -1 +12 +6.5%
51.
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Einar
191 -7 -10 -5.0%
51.
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Ivar
191 +2 +20 +11.7%
53.
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Atle
186 -1 +6 +3.3%
54.
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Johnny
182 -4 +1 +0.6%
55.
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Espen
179 +11 +43 +31.6%
56.
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Thor
178 +4 +37 +26.2%
57.
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Karl
172 +6 +32 +22.9%
58.
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Jens
164 +1 +12 +7.9%
59.
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Egil
163 -4 -3 -1.8%
60.
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Alf
159 -2 +6 +3.9%
61.
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Kurt
156 -1 +15 +10.6%
62.
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Finn
153 -2 +12 +8.5%
63.
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Tommy
150 +8 +27 +22.0%
64.
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Jonny
145 -10 -22 -13.2%
64.
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Petter
145 -8 -10 -6.5%
66.
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Thomas
140 +7 +22 +18.6%
67.
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Jostein
139 +12 +30 +27.5%
68.
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Kai
137 0 +3 +2.2%
69.
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Paul
136 +13 +28 +25.9%
70.
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Michael
135 +2 +15 +12.5%
71.
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Torbjørn
133 -6 -4 -2.9%
72.
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Ola
132 +2 +17 +14.8%
73.
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Ståle
129 +6 +20 +18.3%
74.
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Inge
128 -10 -11 -7.9%
74.
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Ronny
128 +14 +33 +34.7%
76.
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Peter
126 -10 -10 -7.4%
77.
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Arve
125 0 +12 +10.6%
78.
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Eivind
123 +1 +14 +12.8%
78.
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Kenneth
123 +19 +37 +43.0%
80.
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Martin
120 new new new
81.
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Håkon
115 -12 -12 -9.4%
82.
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Åge
111 +15 +25 +29.1%
82.
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Bård
111 +5 +15 +15.6%
84.
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Kåre
110 -15 -17 -13.4%
85.
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Sven
109 -11 -6 -5.2%
86.
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Håvard
106 new new new
87.
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David
104 +7 +15 +16.9%
87.
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Henning
104 -10 -9 -8.0%
89.
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Johan
103 -6 -3 -2.8%
90.
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Asbjørn
102 -5 +2 +2.0%
91.
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Erling
101 -7 -4 -3.8%
92.
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Reidar
99 -3 +5 +5.3%
93.
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Sverre
98 -19 -17 -14.8%
93.
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Torgeir
98 new new new
95.
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Bjarne
97 +1 +10 +11.5%
96.
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Arnt
94 -10 -4 -4.1%
96.
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Bjørnar
94 new new new
96.
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Ketil
94 +1 +8 +9.3%
99.
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Christian
93 +1 +10 +12.0%
99.
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Ulf
93 -9 0 0.0%
Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Anne
1,791 0 -74 -4.0%
2.
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Nina
685 +3 +65 +10.5%
3.
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Hilde
684 -1 +4 +0.6%
4.
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Heidi
673 -1 +11 +1.7%
5.
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Bente
661 +3 +74 +12.6%
6.
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Inger
597 +3 +18 +3.1%
7.
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Marianne
584 +6 +114 +24.3%
8.
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Kristin
581 +6 +131 +29.1%
9.
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Marit
576 -2 -14 -2.4%
10.
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Anita
571 -6 -62 -9.8%
11.
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Kari
558 -5 -38 -6.4%
12.
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Mette
549 -1 +27 +5.2%
13.
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Tone
535 -3 -12 -2.2%
14.
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Tove
530 -2 +44 +9.1%
15.
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Wenche
525 +8 +143 +37.4%
16.
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Mona
483 +1 +49 +11.3%
17.
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Eva
455 -2 +14 +3.2%
18.
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Ann
437 +3 +46 +11.8%
19.
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Elisabeth
399 +1 +6 +1.5%
20.
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Elin
384 +1 -7 -1.8%
21.
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Liv
377 -2 -18 -4.6%
22.
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Berit
355 -6 -80 -18.4%
22.
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Sissel
355 +5 +36 +11.3%
24.
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Randi
347 0 -5 -1.4%
25.
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Hanne
338 -7 -68 -16.7%
26.
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Ellen
333 +3 +25 +8.1%
27.
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Trine
322 +9 +76 +30.9%
28.
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Linda
318 +3 +48 +17.8%
29.
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Gunn
309 -1 -5 -1.6%
30.
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Laila
271 -4 -53 -16.4%
30.
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Rita
271 -5 -69 -20.3%
32.
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Karin
265 +2 +15 +6.0%
33.
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Lise
250 +5 +8 +3.3%
34.
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Kjersti
249 -4 -22 -8.1%
35.
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Hege
247 +9 +35 +16.5%
36.
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Siv
244 +8 +32 +15.1%
37.
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Gro
243 0 -1 -0.4%
38.
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May
242 -3 -6 -2.4%
39.
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Astrid
238 -7 -19 -7.4%
40.
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Grete
227 +1 -5 -2.2%
41.
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Ingrid
226 -8 -27 -10.7%
42.
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Irene
225 0 -4 -1.7%
43.
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Solveig
221 +10 +34 +18.2%
44.
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Lisbeth
215 -5 -20 -8.5%
45.
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Åse
212 +4 +12 +6.0%
46.
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Britt
211 -2 -1 -0.5%
47.
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Jorunn
209 -7 -24 -10.3%
48.
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Merete
204 +3 +15 +7.9%
49.
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Grethe
201 -6 -26 -11.5%
50.
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Eli
193 -3 -15 -7.2%
51.
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Monica
192 +5 +25 +15.0%
52.
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Ingunn
191 +13 +49 +34.5%
52.
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Unni
191 -4 -13 -6.4%
54.
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Maria
190 +3 +27 +16.6%
55.
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Turid
185 -6 -15 -7.5%
56.
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Janne
178 -3 -9 -4.8%
56.
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Line
178 +11 +43 +31.9%
58.
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Anna
174 0 +20 +13.0%
59.
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Bjørg
166 -8 -23 -12.2%
60.
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Siri
162 0 +12 +8.0%
61.
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Torill
151 +1 +4 +2.7%
62.
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Aud
150 -7 -18 -10.7%
62.
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Trude
150 -3 -3 -2.0%
64.
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Vigdis
140 -1 -5 -3.4%
65.
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Ragnhild
137 -4 -12 -8.1%
66.
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Else
134 -2 -10 -6.9%
67.
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Kirsten
131 -2 -11 -7.7%
68.
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Beate
128 +4 +11 +9.4%
69.
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Bodil
127 +4 +13 +11.4%
69.
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Reidun
127 +6 +14 +12.4%
71.
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Anette
126 +20 +50 +65.8%
72.
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Lene
125 +1 +11 +9.6%
73.
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Gry
124 -3 +4 +3.3%
74.
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Toril
120 +8 +26 +27.7%
75.
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Karen
117 +3 +15 +14.7%
76.
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Torunn
116 +5 +21 +22.1%
77.
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Sølvi
113 -9 -16 -12.4%
78.
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Brit
110 -1 +5 +4.8%
79.
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Kirsti
108 -9 -12 -10.0%
80.
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Jane
106 +4 +17 +19.1%
81.
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Gerd
105 -12 -18 -14.6%
81.
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Lillian
105 -2 +8 +8.2%
83.
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Helle
102 +3 +15 +17.2%
84.
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Vibeke
101 -4 +5 +5.2%
85.
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Birgit
99 0 +11 +12.5%
86.
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Ruth
97 -3 +5 +5.4%
86.
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Synnøve
97 -10 -9 -8.5%
88.
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Aina
96 +5 +22 +29.7%
89.
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Helen
92 +5 +19 +26.0%
90.
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Lena
90 +2 +15 +20.0%
91.
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Cathrine
89 -2 +12 +15.6%
92.
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Birgitte
81 new new new
93.
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Solfrid
80 -6 -6 -7.0%
94.
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Merethe
78 +2 +6 +8.3%
95.
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Helene
76 +3 +7 +10.1%
95.
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Siw
76 new new new
97.
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Mari
75 -9 -9 -10.7%
98.
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Ingeborg
74 new new new
98.
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Susanne
74 -9 -3 -3.9%
100.
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Marie
73 new new new