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
1,550 0
2.
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Per
1,098 0
3.
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Bjørn
966 0
4.
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Kjell
907 0
5.
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Geir
779 +1
6.
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Svein
735 -1
7.
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Terje
665 0
8.
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Knut
649 0
9.
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Rune
552 +5
10.
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Arne
535 -1
11.
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Ole
510 0
12.
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John
502 0
13.
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Tor
492 +2
14.
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Odd
484 -4
15.
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Hans
473 +2
15.
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Tom
473 +3
17.
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Morten
458 +5
18.
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Trond
448 -5
19.
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Lars
419 +1
20.
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Tore
416 -4
21.
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Rolf
389 -2
22.
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Stein
360 +1
23.
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Gunnar
355 +2
24.
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Helge
344 +2
25.
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Steinar
325 +2
26.
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Erik
321 +2
27.
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Harald
310 +2
28.
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Jon
306 +3
28.
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Leif
306 -7
30.
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Arild
305 -6
31.
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Dag
304 -1
32.
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Nils
286 0
33.
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Olav
281 0
34.
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Egil
253 +8
35.
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Frank
247 -1
36.
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Einar
245 +2
36.
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Vidar
245 -1
38.
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Øyvind
238 -1
38.
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Roger
238 +5
40.
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Roy
234 -5
41.
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Ove
215 +7
42.
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Roar
209 -3
43.
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Ivar
205 -2
44.
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Alf
190 +2
45.
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Øystein
189 +5
46.
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Magne
185 -6
47.
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Kåre
175 -1
48.
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Thor
171 +5
49.
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Finn
170 -5
50.
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Anders
163 +7
51.
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Frode
162 +10
52.
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Stig
157 -1
53.
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Pål
156 -1
54.
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Karl
154 -5
55.
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Petter
148 +23
56.
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Reidar
143 0
57.
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Arve
142 +13
57.
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Johnny
142 -12
59.
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Ola
135 +5
60.
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Asbjørn
132 -1
61.
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Jørn
131 +9
62.
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Jostein
130 +8
63.
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Åge
129 -9
63.
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Kurt
129 +13
65.
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Inge
128 -7
66.
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Arvid
126 -4
67.
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Håkon
123 +8
68.
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Atle
120 +5
68.
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Erling
120 +5
68.
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Jens
120 -13
71.
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Robert
119 +8
71.
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Torbjørn
119 -6
73.
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Bjarne
118 +7
73.
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Øivind
118 +13
75.
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Sverre
117 -16
76.
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Sven
116 +5
77.
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Peter
115 -9
78.
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Paul
111 -10
79.
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Oddvar
109 -17
80.
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Runar
108 new
81.
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Ragnar
102 +2
82.
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Jarle
101 -17
82.
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Kai
101 -5
84.
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Johan
99 -17
85.
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Eivind
98 +9
86.
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Henning
90 new
86.
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Roald
90 +6
88.
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Arnfinn
89 -7
89.
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Ketil
87 +6
89.
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Tommy
87 new
91.
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Espen
86 new
91.
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Kjetil
86 -7
93.
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Trygve
83 -3
94.
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David
82 -3
94.
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Michael
82 -2
94.
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Willy
82 +4
97.
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Sigurd
80 new
98.
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Arnt
79 +2
98.
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Ståle
79 new
100.
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Bernt
78 -12
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne
1,871 0
2.
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Inger
807 +1
3.
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Bente
785 -1
4.
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Marit
683 +1
5.
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Kari
682 -1
6.
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Tove
611 +2
7.
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Liv
577 -1
8.
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Wenche
551 -1
9.
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Eva
509 0
10.
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Berit
480 0
11.
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Randi
424 0
12.
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Sissel
399 +4
13.
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Grethe
383 0
14.
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Tone
367 +4
15.
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Anita
362 +18
16.
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Mona
350 +12
17.
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Gunn
344 0
18.
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Hilde
342 +8
19.
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Astrid
340 +3
20.
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Unni
334 -6
21.
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Gro
324 +15
22.
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Aud
322 -7
23.
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Marianne
320 +8
24.
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Karin
317 -4
25.
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Ellen
315 -2
25.
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Grete
315 -4
27.
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Bjørg
312 -15
28.
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Torill
306 -3
29.
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Elin
301 0
30.
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Ann
300 -6
30.
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Elisabeth
300 0
32.
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Turid
293 -13
33.
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Åse
279 +6
34.
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May
276 -7
35.
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Eli
266 +20
36.
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Vigdis
261 0
37.
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Solveig
260 -3
38.
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Jorunn
259 -3
39.
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Heidi
248 +4
40.
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Else
245 +2
41.
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Gerd
242 0
42.
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Nina
241 +9
43.
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Ingrid
240 -4
44.
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Britt
234 -12
45.
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Hanne
232 +6
46.
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Mette
225 -2
47.
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Kristin
224 +7
47.
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Laila
224 -9
49.
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Kirsten
217 -3
50.
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Ragnhild
215 -1
51.
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Reidun
212 -6
52.
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Rita
211 -4
53.
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Lisbeth
204 -3
54.
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Bodil
186 -1
55.
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Toril
185 +4
56.
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Brit
180 -9
57.
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Irene
175 -1
58.
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Ingunn
168 -1
59.
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Lillian
159 +2
60.
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Synnøve
146 +11
61.
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Kjersti
144 +8
62.
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Sølvi
137 0
63.
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Torunn
133 -5
64.
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Linda
128 +9
65.
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Maria
127 +1
66.
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Lise
124 -3
67.
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Ruth
122 -7
68.
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Torhild
121 +2
69.
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Trine
116 +15
70.
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Kirsti
112 -6
71.
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Karen
110 -3
72.
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Anna
107 -7
73.
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Solfrid
106 -1
74.
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Siri
99 +8
75.
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Torild
96 +13
76.
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Janne
90 +2
77.
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Jorun
89 +5
77.
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Mary
89 -1
79.
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Sonja
88 -12
80.
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Rigmor
87 -6
81.
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Jane
84 -4
82.
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Birgit
82 -4
83.
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Lill
79 +15
84.
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Siv
78 +1
85.
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Evy
76 -10
85.
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Marie
76 new
87.
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Helga
75 +4
88.
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Signe
74 -8
89.
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Anne-Lise
71 -8
90.
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Hege
70 -2
91.
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Ingeborg
69 +4
91.
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Mariann
69 new
91.
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Sidsel
69 0
94.
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Aase
66 new
95.
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Åshild
64 new
95.
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Helen
64 -10
97.
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Sigrid
63 -10
98.
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Ingebjørg
60 new
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Gunhild
58 new
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Guri
56 -1