Karin Enderud (born 1948)

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She has a background with AHF, LLH, and the Health Committee. Trained as a child welfare educator, she has been actively involved as a trade unionist.

Karin Enderud was born and raised in Oslo, where she has lived her entire life.

In the interview, she recounts how, until the age of 27, she concealed her sexual orientation, leading a double life with official boyfriends and secret girlfriends.

She became active in the Working Groups for Gay Liberation in 1977 and joined LLH when the various organizations merged in 1992. She also worked briefly with the Health Committee from 1990 to 1991.

Enderud was a member of the Partnership Group from 1989 to 1994. In 1996, she entered into a registered partnership with Grethe, which was later converted into a marriage when this became legally possible in 2009.

Through her work with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), she played a key role in the project 'Homosexuals in Working Life' until 2005.

In an excerpt from the interview, Enderud shares the story of how her father became deeply engaged in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights—even appearing on national television (NRK) to support the cause.

The full interview is available in our reading room. Skeivt Arkiv met with Karin Enderud at her home in Oslo in September 2018.