Current Version
| Region | Norway |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | May 23, 1979 |
| Description | The Norwegian legal system provided no statutory mechanism or established administrative procedure for the alteration of the gender marker in civil registers. The sex assigned at birth was treated as an immutable biological fact, and any surgical interventions aimed at gender reassignment were viewed as illegal under the provisions against inflicting grievous bodily harm leading to sterilization. Consequently, transgender individuals had no formal legal pathway to correct their identification documents, and early treatments were conducted in a legally ambiguous ad hoc manner by a select few pioneering doctors without formal state backing. |
| Sources | https://kjonnsforskning.no/nb/2018/05/transkjonn-i-norge https://tidsskriftet.no/2015/11/fra-redaktoren/hun-han-hen-og-alle-andre https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347832571_Transvestittbehandlingssporsmalet_Helsetilbod_ved_transseksualisme_i_Noreg_1952-1979 |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | May 23, 1979 |
| Description | The Norwegian legal system provided no statutory mechanism or established administrative procedure for the alteration of the gender marker in civil registers. The sex assigned at birth was treated as an immutable biological fact, and any surgical interventions aimed at gender reassignment were viewed as illegal under the provisions against inflicting grievous bodily harm leading to sterilization. Consequently, transgender individuals had no formal legal pathway to correct their identification documents, and early treatments were conducted in a legally ambiguous ad hoc manner by a select few pioneering doctors without formal state backing. |
| Sources | https://kjonnsforskning.no/nb/2018/05/transkjonn-i-norge https://tidsskriftet.no/2015/11/fra-redaktoren/hun-han-hen-og-alle-andre https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347832571_Transvestittbehandlingssporsmalet_Helsetilbod_ved_transseksualisme_i_Noreg_1952-1979 |