Janne Krogstad (born 1951)

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Janne Krogstad has played an active role in the Lesbian Movement, the Women’s House, and the theatre group Livets mangfold. In addition, she was part of the early efforts to establish a crisis center for women.

Krogstad was born and raised in Oslo, where she has lived her entire life. She has worked as a cabinetmaker and model builder. In the interview, she shares that she felt she was late in realizing that she was, in fact, a lesbian—and that it was possible to live openly as such. She came into contact with the Women’s House (Kvinnehuset), where she quickly became politically engaged through the Lesbian Movement. She did not feel at home in DNF-48, which she experienced as being male-dominated.

Over time, she also became active in the theatre group Livets mangfold (The Diversity of Life). “We spoke openly about being lesbians—it was important to say the word constantly, to normalize it,” she explains.

In an excerpt from the interview, Krogstad recounts helping to organize the first pride marches in Oslo, and how she was spat on during one of them.

The full interview is available in our reading room.

Skeivt Arkiv met Janne Krogstad in Oslo, November 2019.