Stein Wolff Frydenlund (born 1957)

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Stein Wolff Frydenlund has played a key role in raising awareness about the fight for transgender rights through numerous lectures, opinion pieces, and media appearances. Among these are the news segment “Stein (55) is a Mom and a Grandfather” on NRK Hordaland, and the article “The Girl Who Became a Grandfather”, which was named Feature of the Year in Buskerud in 2012.

In his life history interview, Wolff Frydenlund speaks about growing up with a strong sense of being different, at a time when there was little to no information available about being trans.

He also shares the story of how he married young and became a mother. In the interview, he gives a detailed account of the process that led to the start of his gender-affirming treatment in 1999. We also hear about his passionate activism in both LLH and LFTS (the National Association for Trans People), where he served as head of the Western Norway chapter for a period.

In an excerpt from the interview, he reflects on what it was like to be trans within Bergen’s small queer community.

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

Wolff Frydenlund has also donated his private archive to us.

Skeivt arkiv met Stein Wolff Frydenlund in Bergen, January 2018