Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

National trade union center

The headquarters of Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, LO (Folkets Hus) at Youngstorget in Oslo

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

Former affiliates

See also

• Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
• LO Stat
• Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish LO)
• Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Swedish LO)

References

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

External links

• Official website
• National Unions of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (in Norwegian)