Kjersti Ulriksen (born 1960)

Translator's Note: This is a machine-assisted translation completed on May 30, 2025. While care has been taken to maintain accuracy, this translation has not yet undergone human review or validation.

Kjersti Ulriksen currently resides in Skien, but for many years she played a central role in the women's group within DNF-48 in Bergen.

In our interview, Ulriksen speaks about growing up in Bergen and how she first realized she was a lesbian while attending a folk high school as a young woman. Upon returning to her hometown, she became active in the queer community between 1985 and 1994. During this period, she helped lead the women’s group, organizing social gatherings and activities. In the interview, she also discusses some of the internal conflicts that took place within the Bergen chapter of DNF-48 at the time.

She later moved to Eastern Norway, where she now lives with her partner.

An excerpt from the interview can be viewed in the window below, in which Ulriksen reflects on the experience of having to 'come out' every time she meets new people.

The full interview is available in our reading room. Skeivt Arkiv met Kjersti Ulriksen in Bergen, February 2019.