Jens Andersson
Jens Andersson, (c. 1760 – ?) born Marie Andersdotter, was a Norwegian nonbinary person who was assigned female at birth. They moved to Strømsø, Norway, in 1778, presenting as male, and married Anne Kristine Mortensdotter in 1781.
After the wedding, the bride privately told the minister she thought her husband might be a woman. The marriage was annulled, and Andersson was accused of sodomy. This was in the general sense of "fornication against nature," which included a wide range of forbidden sexual acts, including those between two women. By law, any form of sodomy would be punished "by fire and flames". Andersson was examined, imprisoned, and interrogated. The case was called a "despicable phenomenon against nature".
In the trial, Andersson was asked, "Are you a man or a woman?", to which was answered "He thinks he may be both" ("Hand troer at kunde henhøre til begge Deele"). Andersson escaped from prison before the trial reached a verdict. Nothing more is known about their life.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Runar Jordåen. "Et besynderligt givtermaal mellem tvende fruentimmer". Skeivt arkiv. December 16, 2014. https://skeivtarkiv.no/skeivopedia/et-besynderligt-givtermaal-mellem-tvende-fruentimmer
- ↑ Susanne Dietrichson. "Queer lives find their way to the museum". Kilden genderresearch.no January 11, 2019. http://kjonnsforskning.no/en/2019/01/queer-lives-find-their-way-museum
- ↑ Runar Jordåen. "Sodomy between women". Skeivt arkiv June 17, 2015. https://skeivtarkiv.no/en/skeivopedia/sodomy-between-women
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