Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers explained

The Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers (Norwegian: Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, NSLF) was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.

It was founded in 1927 after the Julussa Conflict, and experienced the Randsfjord Conflict from 1930 to 1935. In addition to forestry and farm workers, it organized timber rafters, market gardeners and other rural workers.^[1] By 1963, the union had 20,369 members.^[2]

In 1988, the union merged with the Garment Workers' Union, the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers, the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers and the Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers, to form the United Federation of Trade Unions.^[3] It had about 7,200 members before the merger.^[1]

Presidents

1927: Johan Ødegård

1931: Peder H. Vestad

1933: Martin Liengen

1937: Alfred Ljøner

1956: Klaus Kjelsrud

1973: Knut Nakken

1981: Svein Morgenlien

1987: Torstein Lund

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: 2007. Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 17 October 2010.
2. Book: Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe . 2 . 1965 . United States Department of Labor . Washington DC . 21.1 - 21.18.
3. Web site: In English. United Federation of Trade Unions. 2 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100710042548/http://www.fellesforbundet.no/internet/templates/Section.aspx?id=2804. 10 July 2010. dead.