Nina Didriksen (born 1963)

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Didriksen holds a cand.polit. degree with a specialization in political science. In 1995, he submitted his thesis on queer voters. Today, she works at NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

In the interview, Didriksen talks about growing up in Oslo and how she became involved in the queer rights movement. She was especially active in the radical group Pink Rebels (Rosa Rebeller), and shares stories from several of the actions they organized. Together with the youth group of DNF-48, she also took part in outreach efforts in schools.

Below, you can watch an excerpt from the interview, where Didriksen recounts her experience attending the “Youth Festival for Young People and Students” in North Korea in 1989. Two representatives from Pink Rebels (Rosa Rebeller) and two from the DNF-48 youth group took part.

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

Skeivt arkiv met Nina Didriksen in Oslo, in November 2017.