Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions explained

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Abbreviation:	LO
Native Name:	Landsorganisasjonen i Norge
Native Name Lang:	no
Location Country:	Norway
Affiliation:	ITUC, ETUC, NFS
Members:	970,054 (2020)
Headquarters:	Oslo, Norway
Key People:	President Peggy Hessen Følsvik

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (Norwegian: Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almost 1,000,000 members of a Norwegian population of 5 million. The majority of affiliated unions organizes traditional blue collar workers, but the largest affiliate is the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees which makes up more than a third of all members.^[1] LO is affiliated to the ITUC and the ETUC.

It was named the Workers' National Trade Union (Norwegian: Arbeidernes Faglige Landsorganisasjon, AFL) from 1899 to 1957.^[2] Affiliated with the Labour Party throughout its history, several of LO's member unions have concurrently been member bodies in the Labour Party.^[3]

The organization owns the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library.^[4]

Affiliates

Current affiliates

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Membership (2019)^[5]
		2018
Cabin Crew Union Norway	NKF	1978	402
	Creo	2001	9,533
	El & IT	1999	40,225
	IE	2006	56,220
Labour Press Union	APF	1909
	NLF	1893
	NF	1977
	NTL	1947	53,087
	FLT	1951	21,935
Norwegian Manual Therapist Association	NMF	2006
	NSOF	1995	7,106
	NISO	1995
	NDF	1938
	NFF	1918
	NSF	1910	11,488
	NNN	1923	28,221
	NAF	1895	34,921
	NOF	1896	8,496
	NUMGE	2003	396,548
	NJF	1892
	SL	1982	7,544
	FO	1992	31,000
	HK	1970	74,050
	FF	1988	164,679

Former affiliates

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Left	Reason not affiliated^[6]	Membership (1924)^[7]	Membership (1963)^[8]	Membership (1991)^[9]
	BAF	1969	1988	Merged into FF	N/A	N/A	N/A
	HRAF	1931	2007	Merged into FF	N/A	9,345	16,036
National Union of District Police Officers		1914	1984	Disaffiliated		800	N/A
	PLF	1903	1977	Merged into DNP		2,524	N/A
Norwegian Air Force Officers' Union		1956		Disaffiliated	N/A	1,660	N/A
	NBKF	1893	1962	Merged into NNN	1,723	N/A	N/A
Norwegian Barbers' and Hairdressers' Union	NBFF		1937	Merged into NKF	35	N/A	N/A
Norwegian Cockpit Union	Cockpit	2015	2016	Merged into NF	N/A	'N/A	N/A
Norwegian Fire Brigades Union		1909	1925	Merged into NKF		N/A	N/A
	NGF	1967	2006	Merged into FF	N/A	N/A	14,894
		1901	1967	Merged into NGF	480	1,837	N/A
	NM	1911	2001	Merged into Creo	N/A	1,271	2,248
	NVF	1962	1992	Merged into FO	N/A	N/A	2,421
	NOPEF	1977	2006	Merged into IE	N/A	N/A	8,797
	POSTKOM	2000	2020	Merged into NUMGE	N/A	N/A	N/A
	DNP	1977	2000	Merged into POSTKOM	N/A	N/A	15,442
	NoSo	1959	1992	Merged into FO	N/A	N/A	4,726
	TD	1988	1998	Merged into EL&IT	N/A	N/A	16,387
	DNTO	1909	1988	Merged into TD		1,638	N/A
	NTF	1910	1962	Merged into NNN	702	N/A	N/A
Norwegian Tramway Union		1901	1921	Merged into NKF	N/A	N/A	N/A
	NTF	1896	2019	Merged into FF	4,802	21,609	15,803
	NBKF	1898	1967	Merged into NGF	1,246	4,556	N/A
	NMF	1900	1976	Merged into NBIAF	2,354^[10]	5,023	N/A
	NBIAF	1923	1988	Merged into FF	7,440	51,394	N/A
Norwegian Union of Cantors and Organists	NKOF	1904	2001	Merged into Creo	N/A	N/A	775
	NKIF	1923	2006	Merged into IE	4,955	30,595	34,896
	NBF	1969	1992	Merged into FO	N/A	N/A	2,020
	BAF	1892	1969	Merged into BAF	1,080	14,259	N/A
Norwegian Union of Customs Officials		1904		Disaffiliated		1,050	N/A
	NEKF	1918	1999	Merged into EL&IT	1,466	12,152	27,151
	NSLF	1927	1988	Merged into FF	N/A	20,369	N/A
		1898	1960	Merged into NJMF	1,650	N/A	N/A
	NGAF	1909	1985	Merged into NJMF	435	1,033	N/A
		1909	1973	Merged into BAF	426	1,300	N/A
	NJMF	1891	1988	Merged into FF	11,265	75,028	N/A
Norwegian Union of Journeymen Watchmakers		1947	1983		N/A	89	N/A
Norwegian Union of Marine Pilots		1946			N/A	449	N/A
	NKIF	1907	1970	Merged into NNN	524	4,024	N/A
	NKF	1920	2003	Merged into NUMGE	5,835	59,831	200,320
Norwegian Union of Painters		1896	1923	Merged into NBIAF	N/A	N/A	N/A
	NPF	1913	1988	Merged into FF	10,162	19,088	N/A
		1911	1949	Merged into NBIAF	3,882	N/A	N/A
Norwegian Union of Police	NPF	1905	1997	Merged into PF		2,213	N/A
	DNP	1884	1977	Merged into DNP		3,127	N/A
	NPF	1901	2000	Merged into POSTKOM	959	4,426	14,498
		1890	1969	Merged into BAF	1,934	3,833	N/A
		1894	1961	Merged into NBIAF	873	N/A	N/A
	NTTF	1930	1988	Merged into TD	N/A	8,047	N/A
	NTF	1924	1969	Merged into BAF	N/A	9,902	N/A
		1882	1967	Merged into NGF	7,440	6,363	N/A
	NTAF	1904	2009	Merged into IE	1,200	5,743	5,122
Wood Workers' Union of Norway		1889	1923	Merged into NBIAF	N/A	N/A	N/A

External links

Notes and References

Ole Storeng (3 May 2013): Lederskifte gir ingen revolusjon Aftenposten, retrieved 6 May 2013
Book: Gran, Thorvald. The State in the Modernization Process. The case of Norway 1850-1970. Ad Notam Gyldendal. Oslo. 1994. 18. 7 November 2009. no.
Encyclopedia: Landsorganisasjonen i Norge. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 14 July 2022.
Halvorsen. Solveig. The Norwegian Labour Movement Archives And Library. Saothar. 1995. 20. 105–107. 23197247.
Web site: The main associations for workers and other nationwide workers' organizations. Members as of December 31, 2001 - 2020. April 26, 2021. Statistics Norway.
Web site: Nergaard . Kristine . Bare 10 forbund uberørt de siste 55 årene . arbeidslivet.no . 10 November 2020.
Book: Beretning for aaret . 1924 . Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions . Oslo.
Book: Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe . 2 . 1965 . United States Department of Labor . Washington DC . 21.1 - 21.18.
Book: Foreign Labour Trends: Norway . 1992 . US Department of Labor. 18 - 19.
Figure is for 1923