The Swedish Cooperage Union (, Tunnbinderi) was 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 ...

for coopers in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. The union was founded in 1892, with only 85 members, growing to a peak of 565 members in 1897. It affiliated to 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 ...

, but by 1935 it had only 167 members remaining, and the following year, it merged into the

Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union The Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union (, STIAF or Trä) was a trade union representing wood workers in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 January 1924, when the Swedish Wood Workers' Union was split in two. Like its predecessor, it affiliate ...

.Ståhl, Margareta.
Vår enighets fana: ett sekel fackliga fanor
'. Stockholm: LO, 1998. p. 335 The red banners of the Swedish Coopers Union frequently displayed barrels, and occasionally a ''

tomte A (, ), (), , or () is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable chores, and expecting to be rewarded at least once a ye ...

''.

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