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
1,374 0
2.
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Per
1,100 0
3.
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Bjørn
974 0
4.
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Svein
926 +1
5.
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Kjell
925 -1
6.
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Arne
772 0
7.
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Knut
679 0
8.
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Terje
623 0
9.
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Odd
602 0
10.
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Tor
526 +2
11.
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John
517 +3
12.
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Gunnar
515 -1
13.
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Hans
511 -3
14.
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Ole
505 -1
15.
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Rolf
441 +1
16.
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Harald
420 -1
17.
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Helge
409 0
18.
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Tore
402 +1
19.
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Leif
381 -1
20.
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Steinar
370 0
21.
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Lars
361 0
22.
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Nils
350 +2
23.
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Erik
338 0
24.
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Arild
322 +1
25.
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Kåre
303 +2
26.
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Olav
299 -4
27.
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Egil
296 +5
28.
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Einar
293 -2
29.
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Magne
283 +1
30.
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Tom
267 +1
31.
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Geir
266 +6
32.
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Trond
265 -3
33.
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Ivar
257 -5
34.
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Jon
251 0
35.
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Alf
230 +3
36.
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Karl
229 +4
37.
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Arvid
221 -1
37.
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Finn
221 -2
39.
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Asbjørn
211 +3
40.
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Reidar
210 -7
40.
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Stein
210 +7
42.
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Øyvind
187 +2
43.
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Sverre
184 -2
44.
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Dag
181 +6
44.
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Øystein
181 +2
46.
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Thor
177 -3
47.
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Frank
175 +9
48.
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Vidar
174 -3
49.
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Bjarne
173 +4
50.
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Jens
170 +8
51.
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Torbjørn
169 -4
52.
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Oddvar
162 -13
53.
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Rune
156 +6
54.
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Ragnar
155 0
55.
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Johan
153 +2
56.
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Roar
152 +5
57.
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Åge
151 -8
58.
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Inge
143 -6
59.
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Anders
142 +9
60.
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Erling
139 -9
61.
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Morten
138 +23
61.
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Ove
138 +2
63.
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Øivind
135 -8
64.
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Ola
133 -5
65.
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Jostein
132 -3
66.
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Paul
126 -2
67.
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Trygve
119 -1
68.
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Arve
118 -3
69.
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Robert
117 +7
70.
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Jarle
114 +1
71.
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Johnny
113 +15
72.
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Sigmund
112 -5
73.
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Roy
109 +7
74.
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Birger
106 +5
74.
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David
106 +9
74.
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Willy
106 +1
77.
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Dagfinn
105 +3
78.
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Peter
103 -9
78.
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Roald
103 -4
80.
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Sven
101 -10
81.
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Roger
99 -8
82.
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Eivind
96 new
83.
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Oddbjørn
95 new
84.
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Håkon
94 -7
84.
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Petter
94 +4
86.
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Arnfinn
92 +6
87.
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Johannes
91 -2
87.
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Kai
91 +7
89.
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Harry
89 -17
90.
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Ulf
88 new
91.
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Bernt
86 +3
91.
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Mohammad
86 new
93.
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Magnar
85 -2
93.
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Michael
85 new
95.
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Atle
84 -17
96.
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Frode
83 +2
97.
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Martin
78 -4
98.
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Pål
74 -2
98.
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Sigurd
74 -18
100.
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Tormod
71 -10
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,582 0
2.
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Inger
1,020 0
3.
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Marit
821 0
4.
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Liv
772 +1
5.
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Kari
720 -1
6.
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Berit
639 0
7.
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Bjørg
564 0
8.
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Randi
520 0
9.
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Eva
509 0
10.
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Karin
449 +3
11.
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Aud
432 +6
12.
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Gerd
423 -2
13.
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Solveig
409 -2
14.
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Tove
401 +9
15.
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Astrid
400 -3
16.
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Wenche
399 -2
17.
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Turid
382 -3
18.
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Unni
368 +3
19.
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Else
367 -3
20.
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Reidun
351 -2
21.
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Torill
328 -2
22.
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Grethe
325 +4
23.
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Kirsten
322 +2
24.
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Jorunn
319 -4
24.
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Sissel
319 -2
26.
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Grete
308 +1
27.
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Åse
302 -3
28.
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Vigdis
297 +3
29.
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Ellen
293 0
29.
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Ingrid
293 -1
31.
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Bente
290 +5
32.
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Ragnhild
283 -2
33.
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Brit
271 0
34.
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Laila
270 0
35.
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Eli
237 0
36.
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Elisabeth
231 +4
37.
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Bodil
226 +2
38.
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Britt
224 -6
39.
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Elin
207 +2
40.
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May
187 -2
41.
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Gunn
186 +2
42.
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Lisbeth
181 +7
43.
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Toril
180 -7
44.
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Kirsti
173 +11
45.
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Anna
167 -4
46.
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Lillian
162 -1
47.
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Ruth
159 -3
48.
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Marianne
150 +18
48.
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Torhild
150 0
50.
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Rigmor
149 -5
51.
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Tone
140 -1
52.
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Ann
139 +6
53.
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Synnøve
134 -6
54.
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Torunn
127 -3
55.
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Mette
126 +5
56.
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Gro
125 +5
56.
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Gunvor
125 +9
56.
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Rita
125 +8
59.
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Irene
124 -7
59.
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Kristin
124 +22
61.
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Karen
120 -4
62.
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Birgit
119 +8
62.
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Sonja
119 -3
64.
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Torild
115 -10
65.
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Mary
114 +2
66.
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Solfrid
107 -14
67.
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Ingebjørg
105 +17
67.
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Maria
105 +13
69.
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Helga
103 0
69.
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Jorun
103 -7
71.
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Anne-Lise
98 -15
72.
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Ingeborg
97 +6
72.
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Sigrid
97 +3
74.
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Ingunn
96 +7
74.
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Sigrun
96 +9
76.
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Mona
92 -3
77.
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Marie
91 -14
77.
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Sidsel
91 -6
79.
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Hanne
90 -1
80.
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Lise
89 -5
80.
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Signe
89 -13
82.
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Olaug
83 -8
83.
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Hilde
82 +15
83.
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Kjersti
82 new
85.
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Elsa
78 -13
86.
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Aase
77 -9
87.
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Aslaug
73 +3
88.
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Kjellaug
70 -2
89.
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Åshild
68 new
89.
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Erna
68 +8
91.
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Nina
66 0
92.
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Anita
64 new
92.
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Ellinor
64 new
92.
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Judith
64 -1
95.
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Evy
63 -7
95.
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Margaret
63 new
95.
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Siri
63 new
98.
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Anny
62 new
98.
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Eldbjørg
62 new
98.
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Gunhild
62 -10