Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees explained

Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
Native Name:	Fagforbundet
Native Name Lang:	no
Location Country:	Norway
Affiliation:	LO
Members:	374,428^[1]
Headquarters:	Oslo, Norway
Key People:	Mette Nord

The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (Norwegian: Fagforbundet) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of over 400,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).

It was founded in 2003 as a merger of the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees and the Norwegian Association of Health and Social Care Personnel.^[2] In 2020, it was joined by the Norwegian Post and Communications Union.^[3]

Presidents

2003: Jan Davidsen

2013: Mette Nord

Notes and References

1. Web site: 03546: Central organisations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December 2001 - 2019 . Statistics Norway . 21 May 2020.
2. Book: 2005 . Trade Unions of the World . ICTUR . International Centre for Trade Union Rights . 6th . John Harper Publishing . London, UK . 0-9543811-5-7. etal.
3. Web site: Postkom går inn i Fagforbundet . Fagforbundet . 8 November 2020.