Anne Berit Lofstad (born 1971)
Translator's Note: This is a machine-assisted translation completed on July 22, 2025. While care has been taken to maintain accuracy, this translation has not yet undergone human review or validation.
The community around London Pub has been important and served as an anchor for Anne Berit Lofstad. She is also a familiar face from the TV series Charterfeber in 2019.
In the interview, Lofstad talks about her childhood and teenage years in Tønsberg. She eventually had a female partner and also a daughter. She moved to Oslo at the age of 37.
The series "Jentene på Toten" (2010) meant a lot to her. The show follows the lives of a group of trans women, as well as the work of the Stensveen Resource Center. She later shared that the series motivated her to begin her own personal journey of coming out as trans. She has since received medical support connected to Rikshospitalet.
Lofstad has been visible in the media. In 2021, she was interviewed by the newspaper Vårt Oslo about living as a trans person in the capital. She also participated in the TV3 show Charterfeber in 2019.
In an excerpt from the interview, she talks about how little surprised people actually were when she came out.
The full interview is available in our reading room. Queer Archive met Anne Berit Lofstad in Oslo in the winter of 2025.