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.
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Michael		 74 new
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Stig		 75 new
97.
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Arnfinn		 76 -9
97.
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Pål		 76 +1
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Kristian		 77 -17
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Tormod		 78 new
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Morten		 79 new
93.
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Oddbjørn		 81 0
91.
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Jørgen		 82 -1
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Martin		 82 -9
89.
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Olaf		 84 +6
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Petter		 84 new
88.
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Bernt		 91 +7
87.
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Atle		 93 -5
86.
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Magnar		 94 +12
85.
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Ulf		 96 +7
84.
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Dagfinn		 98 -15
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Birger		 99 0
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Roger		 99 -2
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Kai		 100 -4
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David		 103 +6
78.
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Johannes		 104 -3
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Roald		 104 0
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Arve		 105 +4
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Eivind		 106 +6
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Sigurd		 110 +1
74.
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Håkon		 112 -24
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Roy		 114 +17
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Frank		 116 -13
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Harry		 116 +1
70.
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Sven		 121 -3
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Peter		 123 +3
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Robert		 123 +19
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Willy		 123 -5
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Jostein		 124 +4
65.
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Jarle		 135 +9
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Roar		 136 -11
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Sigmund		 136 -2
62.
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Vidar		 137 +10
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Anders		 138 -7
60.
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Paul		 150 +7
59.
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Øystein		 158 0
57.
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Torbjørn		 161 +7
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Trygve		 161 +6
56.
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Jens		 166 -3
55.
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Inge		 167 +2
54.
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Øivind		 169 +12
53.
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Åge		 170 +12
52.
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Øyvind		 177 -2
51.
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Ove		 179 +4
50.
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Bjarne		 182 -5
49.
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Ola		 186 +7
48.
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Oddvar		 187 -7
46.
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Geir		 188 +14
46.
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Trond		 188 +2
45.
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Erling		 201 -2
44.
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Johan		 205 +2
43.
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Stein		 221 -2
41.
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Dag		 224 +6
41.
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Ragnar		 224 +3
40.
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Arvid		 226 -3
39.
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Thor		 235 +1
38.
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Reidar		 241 -3
37.
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Sverre		 252 0
36.
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Tom		 254 +12
35.
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Asbjørn		 259 +1
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Alf		 261 -4
33.
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Karl		 274 -2
32.
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Magne		 282 -3
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Jon		 308 +2
30.
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Finn		 312 -2
29.
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Egil		 322 -2
28.
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Ivar		 324 +4
27.
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Arild		 328 +7
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Nils		 339 -1
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Erik		 364 +1
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Lars		 372 0
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Kåre		 373 -2
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Einar		 396 +1
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Steinar		 407 -2
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Olav		 418 0
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Leif		 456 -1
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Helge		 473 +4
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John		 509 -2
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Rolf		 520 -2
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Tor		 534 +2
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Ole		 537 +2
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Tore		 591 0
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Harald		 634 -4
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Gunnar		 638 +1
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Hans		 647 0
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Terje		 687 +2
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Odd		 759 +1
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Knut		 892 0
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Svein		 1,022 -1
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Arne		 1,041 +1
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Kjell		 1,106 0
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Bjørn		 1,139 0
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Per		 1,371 0
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Jan		 1,476 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Judith		 68 new
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Målfrid		 68 -18
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Astri		 69 -3
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Ellinor		 69 new
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Evelyn		 69 new
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Kjellaug		 70 -1
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Marianne		 70 +4
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Edel		 71 0
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Eldbjørg		 71 -16
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Sylvi		 71 new
88.
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Erna		 72 -10
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Evy		 72 0
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Svanhild		 72 -10
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Ann		 73 -13
86.
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Maria		 75 +1
85.
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Åshild		 77 new
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Tordis		 78 -2
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Hanne		 79 +10
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Gunhild		 84 0
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Ingeborg		 86 -13
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Olaug		 86 -7
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Rita		 86 new
78.
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Ingebjørg		 87 -20
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Magnhild		 88 -1
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Mona		 91 +20
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Aslaug		 92 -7
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Ingunn		 93 +11
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Greta		 97 +6
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Lise		 97 +10
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Marie		 105 -3
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Jorun		 108 -20
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Birgit		 109 -10
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Gro		 113 0
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Kirsti		 113 -16
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Helga		 115 -2
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Sonja		 115 -23
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Lisbeth		 118 +7
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Torild		 120 new
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Torhild		 125 +14
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Torunn		 127 +4
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Elsa		 128 0
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Signe		 128 +3
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Gunvor		 129 -10
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Sigrid		 130 +13
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Mary		 136 +1
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Synnøve		 136 -9
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Irene		 138 +1
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Sidsel		 138 -2
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Anne-Lise		 144 -9
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Karen		 145 +11
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Solfrid		 145 -1
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Mette		 146 +6
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Aase		 155 -2
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Gunn		 156 +6
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May		 172 -1
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Rigmor		 173 -7
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Bente		 174 +20
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Lillian		 174 -4
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Tone		 176 +14
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Ruth		 187 -6
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Anna		 188 -3
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Elisabeth		 197 +5
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Elin		 202 +3
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Toril		 211 +48
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Bodil		 218 0
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Eli		 264 -4
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Brit		 279 -7
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Ellen		 308 -4
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Britt		 309 +1
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Unni		 314 -1
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Torill		 315 +10
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Grete		 326 -1
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Laila		 338 -4
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Sissel		 343 +7
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Vigdis		 345 +6
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Ingrid		 351 +1
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Grethe		 356 -3
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Åse		 358 +2
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Ragnhild		 372 -4
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Wenche		 382 +1
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Jorunn		 395 +3
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Kirsten		 402 0
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Tove		 406 +2
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Reidun		 444 0
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Astrid		 475 -4
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Else		 498 -2
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Aud		 507 +1
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Solveig		 518 +1
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Turid		 563 +3
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Karin		 575 -1
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Randi		 582 +1
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Gerd		 591 0
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Eva		 717 0
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Berit		 726 0
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Bjørg		 814 0
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Marit		 874 0
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Liv		 953 -1
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Kari		 993 +1
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Inger		 1,245 0
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Anne		 1,585 0
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