Guri Fjeldberg (born 1969)

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Fjeldberg has been active in lesbian communities on both the eastern and western coasts of Norway. Since 1996, she has lived and worked in Bergen. In addition to writing for Bergens Tidende and Barnebokkritikk.no, she is also the author of The 101 Best Children’s and Young Adult Books Published in Norway 2005–2015.

Fjeldberg grew up in Jessheim. She is trained as a Norwegian language teacher, journalist, and janitor, and also holds a master’s degree in children’s literature. Today, she works as a freelance literary critic and journalist.

In the interview, she talks about her childhood and what it was like growing up in a place where there were no visible queer people—it was never talked about, and queerness was completely invisible. She also speaks openly about the abuse she experienced as a child.

We hear how she found a sense of belonging in the world of sports, and how important that was during her youth and in the process of discovering who she was.

An excerpt from the interview can be viewed in the window below, where Fjeldberg shares the story of how her mother, in a gesture of solidarity, sat down to watch a film with a lesbian theme together with her.

The full interview is available at Skeivt arkiv, part of the Special Collections at the University Library of Bergen.

Skeivt arkiv met Guri Fjeldberg in Bergen, January 2018.