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		 1,480 0
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Per		 1,030 0
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Bjørn		 1,015 0
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Geir		 996 0
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Rune		 699 +2
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Svein		 666 -1
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Lars		 649 +2
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Terje		 636 -2
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Knut		 633 +3
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Trond		 588 -2
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Kjell		 571 0
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Ole		 566 -2
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Morten		 554 0
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John		 527 +1
15.
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Tor		 525 +4
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Tom		 478 0
17.
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Hans		 469 -3
18.
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Arne		 458 0
19.
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Tore		 441 +1
20.
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Odd		 418 -3
21.
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Erik		 378 +1
22.
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Jon		 347 +5
23.
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Dag		 345 -2
24.
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Frode		 329 +1
25.
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Helge		 311 +7
26.
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Frank		 309 -3
26.
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Nils		 309 -2
26.
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Rolf		 309 +5
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Stein		 309 +2
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Arild		 295 -5
31.
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Roy		 288 +7
32.
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Leif		 284 +2
33.
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Stig		 274 -5
34.
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Harald		 270 -1
34.
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Øyvind		 270 +1
34.
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Pål		 270 +6
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Roger		 265 -1
38.
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Vidar		 256 -1
39.
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Gunnar		 249 0
40.
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Steinar		 238 -10
41.
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Anders		 213 +7
42.
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Roar		 212 -2
43.
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Olav		 203 0
44.
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Einar		 201 +2
45.
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Øystein		 199 -3
46.
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Jørn		 195 -2
47.
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Jarle		 188 -2
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Ove		 188 0
49.
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Magne		 186 +5
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Johnny		 181 0
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Kjetil		 181 +6
52.
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Atle		 180 +11
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Ivar		 171 0
54.
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Jonny		 167 +14
55.
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Egil		 166 0
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Petter		 155 +5
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Robert		 155 +10
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Alf		 153 -10
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Jens		 152 +3
60.
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Finn		 141 -9
60.
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Kurt		 141 +5
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Thor		 141 -9
63.
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Karl		 140 -6
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Inge		 139 +9
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Torbjørn		 137 +8
66.
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Espen		 136 -7
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Peter		 136 -2
68.
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Kai		 134 +7
69.
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Håkon		 127 +15
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Kåre		 127 -11
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Tommy		 123 -4
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Michael		 120 +8
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Thomas		 118 +13
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Ola		 115 -14
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Sven		 115 +2
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Sverre		 115 -3
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Arve		 113 -7
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Henning		 113 +1
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Eivind		 109 +18
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Jostein		 109 -8
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Ståle		 109 +4
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Paul		 108 -13
83.
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Johan		 106 -6
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Erling		 105 -4
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Asbjørn		 100 +4
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Arnt		 98 +11
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Bård		 96 -8
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Ronny		 95 -2
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Reidar		 94 +2
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Ulf		 93 +5
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Bernt		 92 new
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Eirik		 91 0
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Arvid		 90 0
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David		 89 -10
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Runar		 89 new
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Bjarne		 87 new
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Åge		 86 -9
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Kenneth		 86 -4
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Ketil		 86 0
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Christian		 83 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Anne		 1,865 0
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Hilde		 680 +1
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Heidi		 662 +5
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Anita		 633 +6
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Nina		 620 +1
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Kari		 596 -2
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Marit		 590 -2
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Bente		 587 -6
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Inger		 579 -2
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Tone		 547 +1
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Mette		 522 +5
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Tove		 486 -3
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Marianne		 470 0
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Kristin		 450 +5
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Eva		 441 +2
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Berit		 435 +4
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Mona		 434 -5
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Hanne		 406 +3
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Liv		 395 -5
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Elisabeth		 393 +2
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Ann		 391 +1
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Elin		 391 -3
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Wenche		 382 -8
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Randi		 352 0
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Rita		 340 +5
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Laila		 324 +21
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Sissel		 319 -2
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Gunn		 314 -2
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Ellen		 308 -2
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Kjersti		 271 +23
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Linda		 270 -3
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Astrid		 257 +1
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Ingrid		 253 +7
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Karin		 250 +1
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May		 248 -6
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Trine		 246 -6
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Gro		 244 -2
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Lise		 242 0
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Lisbeth		 235 +10
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Jorunn		 233 -1
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Grete		 232 -9
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Irene		 229 +4
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Grethe		 227 -9
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Britt		 212 -7
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Hege		 212 +11
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Siv		 212 0
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Eli		 208 0
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Unni		 204 -5
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Åse		 200 -7
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Turid		 200 -8
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Bjørg		 189 -6
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Merete		 189 0
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Janne		 187 -3
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Solveig		 187 +3
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Aud		 168 -3
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Monica		 167 +21
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Maria		 163 +8
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Anna		 154 +9
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Trude		 153 0
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Siri		 150 +6
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Ragnhild		 149 -3
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Torill		 147 -9
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Vigdis		 145 -6
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Else		 144 -1
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Ingunn		 142 -4
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Kirsten		 142 -1
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Line		 135 +11
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Sølvi		 129 0
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Gerd		 123 +1
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Gry		 120 0
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Kirsti		 120 +6
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Beate		 117 +10
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Bodil		 114 -11
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Lene		 114 +1
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Reidun		 113 -6
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Synnøve		 106 +8
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Brit		 105 -2
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Karen		 102 +1
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Lillian		 97 -19
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Vibeke		 96 +8
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Torunn		 95 -11
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Toril		 94 -9
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Ruth		 92 -3
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Jane		 89 +1
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Birgit		 88 +2
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Helle		 87 -5
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Solfrid		 86 +4
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Mari		 84 -5
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Cathrine		 77 new
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Susanne		 77 +10
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Anette		 76 +4
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Lena		 75 +2
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Aina		 74 new
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Helen		 73 new
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Sonja		 73 new
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Merethe		 72 new
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Monika		 71 new
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Helene		 69 new
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Lill		 69 -7
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Mariann		 69 -12
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Popularity extremes for Norway