Lennart Johan Jörgen Lindholm (born 1 May 1964) is a Swedish trade union leader and carpenter who has served as the president of 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 ...

since May 2024. He previously served as President of the

Swedish Building Workers' Union The Swedish Building Workers' Union (, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union merged with the labourers' ...

from 2012 to 2024.

Biography

Born in

Mjölby Mjölby ( ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 28,544 inhabitants in 2024. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name ''Mjölby'' is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or , meani ...

Östergötland County Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...

, Lindhom grew up in

Södertälje Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södert� ...

in Stockholm County. He worked as a carpenter before getting involved in the trade union division "Byggettan" in Södertälje. Lindholm became known to the wider public in connection with the Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet conflict, when, in his capacity as chairman of "Byggettan", he fought for Swedish

collective bargaining agreement A collective agreement, collective labour agreement (CLA) or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company (or with an ...

to be applied within the Swedish labor market.

References

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