The Swedish Prison Employees' Union ( was a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing prison staff in Sweden. The union was founded on 7 June 1906 in

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, as the Swedish Prison Guards' Union. It grew slowly, with 496 members in 1910, and 1,557 by 1954. It affiliated to the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( ; literally "The National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-c ...

in 1939, and in 1948, it moved its headquarters to

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. By 1969, it had 3,829 members. The following year, it merged into the new

Swedish National Union of State Employees The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (, SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded on 14 May 1970, as the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). It resulted from the merger of eight unions: * ...

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Prison officer organisations Swedish Trade Union Confederation Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1906 Trade unions disestablished in 1970