Skeivopedia

Skeivt arkiv's online encyclopedia about persons, organisations, events and other themes connected to Norwegian queer history. Skeivopedia is an ongoing and constantly expanding project.

Lorentz Severin Skougaard

In the graveyard in Langesund there is a beautiful memorial dedicated to Lorentz Severin Skougaard (1837-1885), comissioned by the american sewing...

Pauline Hall

The composer Pauline Hall (1890-1969) was queer in many ways. She lived in a time of transition between "old maid society" and the fight for gay...

Pontus Wikner (1837-1888)

The Swedish philosopher Pontus Wikner is the author of the text "Psychological confessions", in which he wrote about his life as a queer person in...

COQ/Cock

COQ, or Cock as it was called from December 1981, was a magazine focusing on erotica and sex.

Killen

Killen was a Swedish magazine for and by men focusing on erotica and sex.

Århus Nyt/Andre Tanker

Århus Nyt (Århus News) was the member's magazine for the Århus department of Forbundet af 1948.

Revolt

Revolt, with the subtitle Against sexual prejudices, was a Swedish magazine focusing on erotica and sex.

The trial against Aron Åsulsen in 1693

In the 1690s the sawmill worker Aron Åsulsen was accused by multiple men in his hometown Kragerø of having performed "unseemly" acts on them.

Villskudd

Gudmund Vindland’s debut novel Villskudd was published in 1979. The special place it occupies in Norwegian queer literature and culture became...

Edith Øberg

Close friendships between women is the central theme in many of Edith Øberg’s novels, and Øberg is a master of writing indirectly about lesbians.

Borghild Krane

Borghild Krane (1906–1997) wrote the probably first Norwegian novel that openly describes lesbian love: Følelsers forvirring (1937).

Jens Stammer Hetland

Actor, scenic painter and costume designer Jens Stammer Hetland (1871-1954) is one of the Norwegians who moved about the homosexual circuit in Berlin...

Fredrik Mowinckel

Little is known about romantic relationships between Norwegian men and German soldiers during WWII. One verified case is political scientist Fredrik...

Lavendelexpressen

The journal Lavendelexpressen (1976-?), or, The Lavender Express, was created by members of Lesbisk bevegelse, and printed by Sfinxa, a lesbian...

LGBT magazines and zines in Norway

An overview of the history of norwegian LGBT magazines, journals and zines, from 1950 until today.

Hendrik Christian Andersen

Sculptor Hendrik Christian Andersen (15.4.1872–19.12.1940) may be the only Norwegian to have an Italian museum dedicated to them, and to have...

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

It is probably not commonly known that Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was a gay rights pioneer. The Norwegian poet and nation builder was one of the first...

Ebbe Hertzberg

National archivist and professor Ebbe Hertzberg (1847-1912) was the first Norwegian diagnosed with congenital homosexuality or "contrary sexuality".

Rolf Løvaas

Rolf Løvaas (1923-1996) was one of the pioneers of the Norwegian gay movement, and was the first chairman of Det Norske Forbundet av 1948.

Forbundet af 1948

The Danish organisation Forbundet af 1948 was founded in 1948 by Axel Axgil and Helmer Fogedgaard. It later changed names to Landsforeningen for...

Det Norske Forbundet av 1948

Det norske forbundet av 1948 started as a branch of the Danish Forbundet af 1948, but became an independent organisation in 1953. I 1992 it joined...

A case of homosexuality in a woman

In 1895, a woman from Kvam in Hardanger was committed to Dr. Rosenbergs Asylum in Bergen with the diagnosis "homosexuality".

Sodomy between women

Sodomy, or fornication against nature, was until the late 19th century considered a wide category of forbidden (and sinful) sexual acts. In theory...

Agnes Mathilde Wergeland

Wergeland was the first Norwegian woman to complete a doctorate degree, and was forced to emigrate to the US to get relevant work.

Karen-Christine (Kim) Friele

Karen-Christine Friele has been a central activist in the Norwegian gay rights movement since 1963.

Gro Lindstad

Lindstad was the first leader of LLH, from its establishment in 1992, until 1998.

Christine Jorgensen

Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989) was the first person in the USA known to have surgically altered their sex.