The Swedish Foundry Workers' Union (, Gjutare) 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 ...

representing workers in foundries in Sweden. The union was established in 1893, following a split from the

Swedish Metalworkers' Union The Swedish Metalworkers' Union ( often shortened in text and speech to simply ''Metall'') was a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded in Stockholm on 21 May 1888, and had 555 members by the end of the year. Although the Swedish ...

, with 389 members. In 1899, 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 ...

. Its membership peaked at 12,294 in 1950, and was then fairly stable until collapsing in 1963, to only 4,907. The following year, it rejoined the Swedish Metalworkers' Union.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630

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