Trygve Kalve (born 1948)

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Kalve was born and raised in Kleppe, in the municipality of Sund. He moved to Bergen at the age of 15 or 16 to pursue his education. He later completed his studies at the College of Social Work in Trondheim. Since 1975, he has been residing in Oslo.

In the interview, Kalve reflects on his upbringing in a small community on the west coast of Norway, his school years as a teenager in Bergen, and his early adulthood in Trondheim. He describes himself as a flirt and recounts having had numerous relationships with women.

In an excerpt from the interview, he shares the story of a period during which he was in a relationship with a woman. One evening in 1975, the two were out together at Metropol when they each met their future partners—she met a woman, and he met a man.

The man he met that evening was Sigurd Follerås, who has also been interviewed by the Queer Archive. The two have been together since October 1975 and have lived together since 1979.

Kalve also discusses the background and founding of the Working Groups for Gay Liberation (AHF).

The full interview is available in our reading room. Skeivt arkiv met with Trygve Kalve at his home in Oslo in September 2020.