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Norwegian Confederation Of Trade Unions
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, 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. LO is affiliated to the ITUC and the ETUC. It was named the Workers' National Trade Union (, AFL) from 1899 to 1957. Affiliated with the Labour Party throughout its history, several of LO's member unions have concurrently been member bodies in the Labour Party. The organization owns the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library. Affiliates Current affiliates Former affiliates See also * Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions * LO Stat *Dan ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ...
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Norwegian Labour Movement Archives And Library
The Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library (, Arbark) is an archival and historical institution in Oslo, Norway, opened in 1909. It was established and is still owned by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and the Labour Party. History The initiative to establish Arbark was taken in 1905 following a Swedish model. It was established and is still owned by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and the Labour Party. In 1908, Arbark started to work in the People's House in Oslo, Norway. Since 1972 it has received government funding. Arbark is the Norwegian Labour movement's eldest cultural organization and the largest, privately owned record repository in Norway. It is Norway's largest library dedicated to the labour movement and other social movements. Its collections consist of, among other things, about 7,000 shelf meters of records, 1.5 million photographs, 135,000 books, about 465 banners, 70 films and numerous audio records. Important parts of Arbark's ...
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Norwegian Players' Association
The Norwegian Players' Association ( or NISO) is a trade union for professional football, handball and ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ... players in Norway. Established in 1995, it is member of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It was established in 1995, after Morgan Andersen and Rolf Herman Longnes had made preparations for one year. References External links * Norske Idrettsutøveres Sentralorganisasjonat FIFPRO World Players' Union Trade unions in Norway Organisations based in Oslo Trade unions established in 1995 1995 establishments in Norway Football in Norway Ice hockey in Norway Handball in Norway Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Association football trade unions Sports trade unions {{Norway-sport-stu ...
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Norwegian Maritime Officers' Union
The Norwegian Maritime Officers' Union (, NSOF) is a trade union representing navigators and those in similar roles in Norway. The union was founded in 1995, when the Norwegian Naval Officers' Association merged with the Norwegian Shipowners' Union. By 2016, it had more than 8,000 members, and it was focused on improving the pay and welfare of its members, and improving safety at sea. In 2017, the union affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It shares its headquarters, and publishes a magazine, ''Maritim Logg'', jointly with the Norwegian Seafarers' Union The Norwegian Seafarers' Union, NSU, (, NSF) is a trade union representing sailors in Norway. The union was established 25 September 1910, as the Norwegian Sailors' and Firemen's Union (Norsk Matros- og Fyrbøter-Union), and immediately affiliate ... and the Norwegian Union of Marine Engineers. External links * References {{Authority control Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions estab ...
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Norwegian Manual Therapist Association
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania, USA Norsk * ...
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Norwegian Engineers' And Managers' Association
The Norwegian Engineers' and Managers' Association (, FLT) is a trade union representing supervisors and technicians in the private sector in Norway. The union was founded in 1951, as the Norwegian Association of Supervisors and Technical Officials. It affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, 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 almo .... By 2019, it had 21,266 members. References External links * {{Authority control Trade unions established in 1951 Trade unions in Norway ...
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Norwegian Civil Service Union
The Norwegian Civil Service Union (, NTL) is a trade union representing civil servants in Norway. The union was founded on 1 November 1947 and affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, 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 almo .... By the end of the year, it had 800 members, but by 1965, this had grown to 25,000, making the largest union of civil servants in the country. Its membership is now more than 57,000. Presidents :1947: Reidar Gigernes :1950: Thorvald Karlsen :1978: Dagfinn Habberstad :1988: Jan Werner Hansen :1998: Turid Lilleheie :2010: John Leirvaag :2018: Kjersti Barsok References Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1947 Civil service trade unions {{Europe-trade-union-stub ...
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Norwegian Airline Pilots Association
The Norwegian Airline Pilots Association (, NF) is a trade union of civil airline pilots in Norway. It was established as a merger in 1977. It has about 850 members, and has its headquarters in Drammensveien at Skillebekk, Oslo. It is a member body of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations, IFALPA. Civil airlines pilots in Norway have also been members of the Confederation of Vocational Unions due to dissatisfaction with the Norwegian Airline Pilots Association. However, in 2016, the union affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. The following year, it absorbed the Norwegian Cockpit Union. References

Transport trade unions in Norway, Airline Pilots Association Trade unions established in 1977 Organisations based in Bærum International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations Airline pilots' trade unions Aviation organisations based in Norway {{Europe-trade-union-stub ...
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National Union Of Norwegian Locomotivemen
The National Union of Norwegian Locomotivemen (, NLF) is a trade union representing train drivers in Norway. History The union was founded on 22 October 1893 as the Norwegian National Locomotive Personnel Union, and joined the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, 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 almo ... in 1919. By 1963, the union had 2,049 members, and this has since declined to around 1,700. Presidents :1893: Karl Andersen :1901: Ludvig O. Bauer :1908: Emil Sandberg :1911: Thorvald Nordahl :1916: Jens Kraft Lund :1919: Sigurd Iversen :1924: Emil Sandberg :1925: Robert Lund :1931: Thorleif Narvestad :1950: Mathias Heggestad :1961: Oluf Andreas Anfinsen :1975: Gunnar Tønder :1989: Oddvar Skaar :1991: Øystein Aslaksen :2011: Rolf Ringdal References Further reading ...
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Labour Press Union
Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour movement, consisting principally of labour unions ** Labour Party or Labor Party, a name used by several political parties Literature * ''Labor'' (journal), an American quarterly on the history of the labor movement * ''Labour/Le Travail'', an academic journal focusing on the Canadian labour movement * ''Labor'' (Tolstoy book) or ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888) Places * La Labor, Honduras * Labor, Koper, Slovenia Other uses * ''Labour'' (song), 2023 single by Paris Paloma * ''Labor'' (album), a 2013 album by MEN * Labor (area), a Spanish customary unit * "Labor", an episode of TV series '' Superstore'' * Labour (constituency), a functional constituency in Hong Kong elections * Labors, fictional rob ...
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Industri Energi
Industri Energi (Norwegian for "Industry Energy") is a Norwegian trade union for employees in the petroleum industry, the chemical industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the aluminium and metal industry and the forest industry. The union is a member of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). It was founded in 2006 with the merger of the Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers and the Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Union. On founding, it had 45,000 members. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. The Association for Administrative, Leadership and Technical Positions merged in during 2008, while at the start of 2009, the Norwegian Union of Wood Workers merged in. Industri Energi had approximately 56,100 members as of August 2022. The union leader from 2017 is Frode Alfheim. Deputy managers are Lill-Heidi Bakkerud and Ommund Stokka. Industri Energi is the largest union in companies like Equinor, Norsk Hydro and ...
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EL & IT Forbundet
The Electrician and IT Workers' Union (, EL og IT) is a trade union in Norway. The union was formed by the 1999 merger of the Norwegian Union of Electricians and Power Station Workers, and the Norwegian Telecommunication and Data Workers' Union. EL og IT Forbundet has a membership of over 42,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, 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 almo ... (LO). Presidents :1999: Anders Kristoffersen :2001: Hans O. Felix :2015: Jan Olav Andersen :2019: Jan Olav Andersen :2023: Geir Ove Kulseth References Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1999 Trade unions in Norway 1999 establishments in Norway {{Europe-trade-union-stub ...
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