Homosexuality in Norway

Pride Parade Oslo (2019)

In Norway today, homosexuality is widely accepted, both legally and socially.

legality

Landsforeningen for lesbisk og homofil frigjøring - Kongens gate 12 in Oslo

In 1972 homosexual acts were legalized. The age of consent is 16 years and is therefore equal to heterosexuals today .

Anti-discrimination laws

Norway became the first country in the world to introduce an anti-discrimination law in 1981 , which prohibits unequal treatment of people based on their sexual orientation. Homosexual people are also not excluded from military service.

Same-sex marriage

Norway passed a civil partnership law in 1993 . Homosexual couples are allowed to adopt their partner's biological children . On June 11, 2008, the Norwegian Parliament passed a law opening up marriage to homosexual couples, which came into force on January 1, 2009.

Churches are allowed to hold same-sex weddings, but are not required to do so. In April 2016, the Lutheran Church of Norway allowed its priests to marry homosexual couples. In January 2017, the Norwegian Church developed a liturgy for the marriage of same-sex couples . Priests are still allowed to refuse weddings, but they are not allowed to forbid a couple to attend the wedding service in a particular church.

Social situation

In Norway there is a gay scene in the capital Oslo . The most important LGBT civil rights organization in Norway is Fri - foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold . Most Norwegians are very friendly and liberal towards homosexual people. A 2007 opinion poll by Synovate MMI , one of the largest market research companies in the country, asked the Norwegian population for their opinion on 'gender-neutral marriage' found that 61% of Norwegians are in favor of this marriage. In addition, Norway, as known in Scandinavian countries, is now one of the most tolerant and liberal countries when it comes to homosexuality. Over 80% were in favor of same-sex marriage in 2017.

See also

• Laws on homosexuality

literature

• Jens Rydström and Kati Mustola: Criminally Queer: Homosexuality and Criminal Law in Scandinavia 1842-1999 . Aksant Academic Publishers, Amsterdam 2007, ISBN 9789052602455 .
• Jens Rydström: Odd Couples: A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia . Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2011, ISBN 9789052603810 .

Web links

Commons : Homosexuality in Norway  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.gaysir.no/ (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Queer.de: Norway: Marriage opening is imminent , June 6, 2008
2. ↑ Lov om ekteskap [ekteskapsloven] - Chapter 1. Vilkår for å inngå ekteskap.1 - Lovdata. Retrieved September 10, 2019 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Lov om ekteskap [ekteskapsloven] - Chapter 3. Inngåelse av ekteskap - vigsel. - Lovdata. Retrieved September 10, 2019 (Norwegian). 
4. ↑ TV 2 AS: Kirken sier JA til homo-ekteskap. Retrieved September 10, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål). 
5. ↑ Klart for homoekteskap i kirken. Retrieved September 10, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål). 
6. ↑ glbtq.com: Equal Marriage - 2008 ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 20, 2012