Olaf W. Garh (born 1939)

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Garh grew up in Haugesund and first moved to Oslo in 1957.

He held a permanent position at NRK Dagsnytt, but also lived and worked in Germany, where he was employed at the radio station Deutschlandfunk in Cologne. He later worked for a period at Næringslivsradioen in Oslo and in the information department of the Norwegian Employers’ Confederation, later known as NHO.

Olaf W. Garh (born Olaf Kjell Wathne Gard) earned a cand. philol. degree from the University of Oslo in 1965, with German as his major, and intermediate-level studies in history, as well as introductory courses in Latin and folkloristics.

In 1960, 1961, and 1962, he received several German state scholarships and studied at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. He also holds a Certificate of Proficiency in English from Cambridge University.

Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, he returned periodically to his hometown, where he taught at what is now Skeisvang Upper Secondary School. Garh has authored several books featuring anecdotes and local history, with his hometown of Haugesund as the central theme.

In an excerpt from the interview, Garh discusses the conditions for gay men in Germany.

The full interview is available in our reading room. Skeivt Arkiv interviewed Olaf W. Garh in Oslo, March 2024.