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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Jan		 1,457 0
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Per		 995 0
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Bjørn		 983 0
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Geir		 906 0
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Kjell		 672 0
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Terje		 661 0
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Svein		 628 -1
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Knut		 617 +1
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Rune		 599 -1
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Ole		 582 +1
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Morten		 581 -1
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Lars		 576 0
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Tom		 553 0
14.
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Tor		 524 0
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Arne		 514 +1
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Trond		 505 -1
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Odd		 475 +1
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John		 455 -1
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Hans		 431 0
20.
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Tore		 384 0
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Stein		 341 +2
22.
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Erik		 332 0
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Dag		 329 +8
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Rolf		 314 -3
25.
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Jon		 312 +8
26.
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Frank		 307 +1
27.
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Helge		 299 -3
28.
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Leif		 292 +4
29.
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Arild		 286 -1
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Harald		 286 +5
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Nils		 285 -2
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Frode		 275 +9
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Vidar		 260 -8
34.
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Gunnar		 259 -4
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Roger		 254 +2
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Steinar		 253 -10
37.
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Stig		 243 +1
38.
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Roy		 239 -3
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Øyvind		 234 0
40.
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Olav		 230 -4
41.
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Roar		 227 +2
42.
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Ove		 212 +3
43.
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Pål		 209 +1
44.
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Einar		 207 -4
45.
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Jørn		 190 +7
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Øystein		 183 +1
47.
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Alf		 179 +3
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Anders		 179 +2
49.
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Kurt		 174 +8
50.
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Thor		 171 +4
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Egil		 168 -9
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Magne		 168 -3
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Jarle		 162 +11
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Johnny		 161 +6
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Kjetil		 160 +21
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Ivar		 159 -10
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Finn		 150 -6
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Kåre		 146 -3
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Atle		 143 -2
60.
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Karl		 141 +7
61.
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Arve		 140 +20
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Peter		 139 +3
63.
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Petter		 136 -4
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Kai		 132 -1
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Tommy		 130 -9
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Robert		 129 +9
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Torbjørn		 127 0
68.
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Jens		 126 -15
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Ola		 126 -1
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Reidar		 119 +1
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Erling		 118 +8
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Inge		 117 -10
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Åge		 116 +1
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Sven		 115 +12
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Sverre		 115 -2
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Espen		 110 +12
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Jostein		 110 -16
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Paul		 110 -3
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Michael		 108 0
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Arvid		 102 -3
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Håkon		 102 -13
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Johan		 99 -4
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Ulf		 99 +14
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Runar		 98 new
85.
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Eivind		 95 -2
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Arnt		 93 +12
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Roald		 91 +11
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Ketil		 89 +5
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Thomas		 89 +9
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Asbjørn		 88 -25
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Jonny		 88 0
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Trygve		 88 +2
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Bent		 86 new
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David		 86 -2
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Bård		 85 new
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Henning		 84 -8
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Øivind		 83 new
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Martin		 82 new
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Oddvar		 78 -14
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Ståle		 77 -14
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne		 1,870 0
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Bente		 752 0
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Inger		 651 +1
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Kari		 623 -1
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Marit		 622 0
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Hilde		 530 +6
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Tove		 530 0
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Nina		 514 +6
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Liv		 494 +1
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Eva		 478 -3
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Tone		 456 +8
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Anita		 451 +3
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Wenche		 434 -4
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Marianne		 427 -6
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Berit		 415 -2
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Heidi		 415 -4
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Sissel		 394 -1
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Mona		 383 +2
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Ann		 377 +8
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Randi		 364 -3
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Kristin		 347 -3
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Elin		 343 +4
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Gunn		 343 -1
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Ellen		 318 +3
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Elisabeth		 307 -2
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May		 305 -1
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Mette		 301 +4
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Unni		 289 -6
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Hanne		 288 +4
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Gro		 280 +1
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Karin		 274 +6
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Astrid		 271 +3
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Jorunn		 261 +6
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Grete		 260 -7
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Grethe		 253 -5
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Ingrid		 253 +5
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Bjørg		 249 -13
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Turid		 244 -4
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Britt		 238 +7
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Åse		 236 -4
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Linda		 236 +14
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Aud		 230 -4
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Eli		 209 +1
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Rita		 207 -1
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Lisbeth		 201 +3
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Torill		 201 -3
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Vigdis		 197 +4
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Laila		 196 -3
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Gerd		 195 0
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Solveig		 189 -9
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Irene		 188 -4
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Lise		 182 -2
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Ragnhild		 174 +2
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Hege		 173 +15
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Kirsten		 169 -3
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Trine		 169 +7
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Reidun		 166 +1
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Janne		 162 +13
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Maria		 162 +13
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Siv		 162 +8
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Kjersti		 158 -2
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Else		 154 -5
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Sølvi		 144 -1
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Lillian		 143 +1
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Siri		 142 -5
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Toril		 138 -5
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Bodil		 134 -14
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Brit		 134 -11
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Ingunn		 134 -5
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Anna		 130 -2
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Jane		 120 +3
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Torunn		 115 -2
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Kirsti		 110 0
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Gry		 109 +15
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Karen		 106 0
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Merete		 106 +3
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Ruth		 105 -10
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Trude		 101 +15
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Synnøve		 99 -3
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Birgit		 97 +12
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Evy		 78 -2
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Helle		 78 new
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Solfrid		 78 -4
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Torhild		 76 +2
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Signe		 75 -2
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Mari		 74 -2
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Marie		 74 -5
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Monica		 71 +9
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Vibeke		 71 -1
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Lene		 69 +7
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Lill		 69 +7
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Rigmor		 69 -2
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Mariann		 68 -4
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Jorun		 67 -10
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Sonja		 65 -15
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Torild		 65 -4
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Beate		 64 new
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Ingeborg		 63 -17
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Lena		 63 new
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Guri		 62 new
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Popularity extremes for Norway