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Sodomy law repealed 1972 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Section 213 of the Norwegian Penal Code was a provision of the Norwegian Penal Code that defined sexual intercourse between men as well as between people and animals as a crime. The section was repealed on April 21, 1972. It was, among other things, the sodomy law of Norway.
The provision read:
From 1989 to 2000, section 213 defined sexual intercourse.
Zoophilia is prohibited by the 2009 Act on Protection of Animals (dyrevelferdsloven).
In April 2022 on the 50th anniversary, the government of Norway made formal apologies to all victims of the ban on gay sex between men - which was repealed in 1972.[1][2]
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