HK Denmark (), is a Danish

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 clerical workers, workers in retail, and in related industries. The union was founded in 1900, as the Central Organisation of Danish Trade and Office Aid Associations, later becoming the Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees in Denmark. In 1932, it affiliated to the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). By 1975, the union had 155,000 members, and this grew steadily, peaking at 360,000 members in 1999. From 1990 until 2004, it was the largest union in Denmark. In 2000, the Graphics Federation and the Railway Association both joined HK. The union's membership had since fallen, and as of 2018, it had 179,262 members, making it the second-largest union in the country. Since 1987, the union has been organised in sectors: HK/Municipal and HK/State, for the public sector, and HK/Commerce and HK/Private, for the private sector. HK/Private was formed in 2003, when HK/Industry merged with HK/Service. Since 2019, it has been affiliated to the

Danish Trade Union Confederation The Danish Trade Union Confederation (, FH) is the largest National trade union center, national trade union centre in Denmark. On formation in 2019, it had 79 affiliated unions, with a total of 1.4 million members. History The confederation was ...

(FH), the successor of LO.

Presidents

:1900: Axel Gundel :1903: Aage Hylsted :1909: Christians Ingvoldsen :1910: Jens Johansen :1932: Julius Hansen :1938: Gustav Pedersen :1949: Erling Dinesen :1963: Henry Gran :1969: Max Harvøe :1979: Jørgen Eiberg :1993: John Dahl :2008: Kim Simonsen :2021: Anja C. Jensen

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* Clerical trade unions Danish Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1900 {{Denmark-org-stub