Berulf Taraldsen (born 1945)

In the interview, Taradlsen talks about his childhood in Innland Norway, specifically Moelv, Brummundal and Hamar. It is in Hamar he has spent most of his adult life. Describing himself humorously as "natural, but abnormal", he talks about his long-standing active role in the Freemasons, and about being gay in that organization. Taraldsen also speaks about being reluctantly pushed into identity categories or stereoptypes because he is gay, both in his private life and in politics. 

In this excerpt from the interview, Taraldsen tells the story of how he came out, using rhymes, at Hamar's traditional sausauge fest in 2001. 

Et utdrag fra interjvuet kan du se i vinduet under, her forteller Taraldsen om hvordan han kom ut som homofil i 2001, på rim, på Hamar sin tradisjonelle pølsefest.

The complete interview is accepssible in Skeivt arkivs reading room. Skeivt arkiv met Berulf Taraldsen in Lillehammer, February 2019.