Notable events in LGBT history in Norway include: Kim Friele was the first gay Norwegian to publicly acknowledge and advocate for her sexuality, in June 1965. The penal code's paragraph 213 was the order for the punishment (''straffebud'') of homosexual men. In June 1968 then minister of justice said that "it is not stated, if the paragraph should be lifted r removed. A different government came to power in 1969.Blåblå homovennlighet er en blåblå skrøne
lue-Blue gay-friendliness is a blue-blue fib/ref> In 1970, a question was registered for interpellation in Parliament, by representative Arne Kielland. The Borten Government had no intent to answer the interpellation, but forwarded a law proposal about the age of sexual consent for gay males—18 years, while the age limit for all others was 16 years. A different government came to power in March 1971.

Homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to pe ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

was decriminalised in 1972. Same-sex civil unions were accepted by Norwegian law in 1993. The law legalizing

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being Mexico, constituting ...

in Norway took effect on January 1, 2009.

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