The Swedish Bricklayers' Union (, Murare) was a trade union representing bricklayers in Sweden. The union was founded on 14 December 1890, at a conference in

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(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

, and then refounded in 1892 in

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. It joined 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 ...

in 1899. The union initially had 629 members, but grew steadily, reaching 4,468 by 1908, and 14,140 in 1960. In 1961, it merged into the

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Presidents

:1894: Nils Persson :1922: Victor Björkman :1950: Gösta Bengtsson

References

Swedish Trade Union Confederation Bricklayers' trade unions Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1890 Trade unions disestablished in 1961 1890 establishments in Sweden 1961 disestablishments in Sweden