Gunnar Caspersen (1932/1933 – 8 February 2000) was a Norwegian trade unionist. He started his career as a

union representative A union representative, union steward, or shop steward is an employee of an organization or company who represents and defends the interests of their fellow employees as a trades/labour union member and official. Rank-and-file members of the un ...

in the bank

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, and became informational secretary in Norske Bankfunksjonærers Forbund in 1965. In 1979 he became secretary-general. He was deputy leader of the

Confederation of Vocational Unions The Confederation of Vocational Unions (, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of trade union, labour unions in Norway. It was established in 1977 as a non-partisan alternative to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Uni ...

from 1979 to 1985, and leader from 1986 to 1987. In 1995 he became an honorary member of the Finance Sector Union of Norway. He died in February 2000.

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1930s births 2000 deaths Norwegian trade unionists {{worker-activist-stub