Gunnar Moe (born 1964)

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Moe was born and raised in Oslo. He speaks about a somewhat difficult adolescence, before coming out and becoming actively involved—particularly in the Open Church Group (Åpen Kirkegruppe). He served on the board as secretary for three terms between 1989 and 1992.

Moe works as a claims consultant in the insurance industry. He has been a member of DNF-48, later LLH, and now FRI, and served for a period in the mid-1990s on LLH’s central executive committee, chaired at the time by Gro Lindstad. In our interview, he offers a detailed account of his years of political activism, from 1989 to around 2004.

Moe was also a member and lyricist in the choir Den Norske Homofonien av 1990. He has donated several of the texts he wrote to the Queer Archives, including lyrics related to events during Skeive dager (Pride).

He became active in the choir in 1991, and over time, the group performed several of his lyrics set to well-known melodies. In an excerpt from the interview, he shares the story behind one of these songs.

We met Gunnar Moe in Oslo in June 2018. The full interview is available in our reading room.