The Norwegian Civil Service Union (, NTL) is 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 civil servants in

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 ...

. 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