The National Norwegian archive for queer history
In May 2018, Gary Chapman visited Skeivt arkiv in connection with research for his forthcoming book about the Norwegian twin brothers Leif and Paal Roschberg (born 1909 in...
Welcome to the exhibition Queer Nightlife. With over 1000 photos, 100 posters, videos, histories and objects the exhibition showcases queer and LGBT nightlife in Norway 1950-...
March 8th Oxana Velichko and Inger Lene Nyttingnes started working as project archivists at Skeivt arkiv. They will be working full time with packing and cataloging the...
Skeivt arkiv were present at the conference Outing the Past, which took place in Liverpool March 16th-18th. The annual conference is part of LGBT history month in the UK, and...
When Homofil bevegelse i Bergen (Homophile movement of Bergen) was started in 1979, Leif Pareli (born 1948) became the first leader of the organisation. When Skeivt arkiv...
Calle Almedal came from France to Bergen in the summer of 2014 to be interviewed by Skeivt arkiv about his life and experiences.
Contribute your story. Note that due to privacy regulations all stories must be anonymous. That means that you have to make sure that places, people's names, highly recognizable episodes or characteristics, etc, are changed. It's especially important that you make sure that other people in your story can not be recognized by outsiders.
We ask you to include age, and if you want gender identity at the top of your story. We also appreciate if you provide the labels you use to describe yourself (if you have any), for example, queer, lesbian, gay, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, etc.