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Gender-Affirming Health Care Needs, Barriers to Care, and Health and Wellbeing in a Broad Nationwide Sample of Transgender People in Norway

December 2025

Using data from a nationwide sample of 579 transgender and nonbinary people in Norway, this study from the Williams Institute and the University of Agder, Norway, examines gender-affirming health care needs, care experiences, and overall health and well-being across gender identity groups. It appeared in BMJ Public Health in December 2025.

AUTHORS

Silje-Håvard Bolstad
Assistant Professor, University of Agder
Norman Anderssen
Professor, University of Bergen and University of Agder
Bjørge H Hansen
Professor, University of Agder
Ilan H. Meyer
Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy

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Highlights

The vast majority of TNB people surveyed in Norway are satisfied with their gender-affirming treatment outcomes.

Over one-third of respondents reported having ever attempted suicide—12 times Norway’s general population.

Norway has universal health coverage; publicly funded gender-affirming care is provided at a single national clinic.

Data Points

93%

of TNB people who had received hormones were satisfied with the outcomes

96%

of those who received surgery were satisfied

35%

of transgender men said they had made most of the changes they wanted

18%

of transgender women had made all the changes they wanted

37%

of respondents reported ever having attempted suicide

3%

of Norway's general population has attempted suicide

47%

of respondents reported good general health

68%

of Norway's general population reports the same

Read the open-access journal article

Gender-Affirming Health Care Needs, Barriers to Care, and Health and Wellbeing in a Broad Nationwide Sample of Transgender People in Norway