The Swedish Graphic Workers' Union (, Grafiska or GF) was a trade union representing printing industry workers in Sweden.
The union was founded when the
Swedish Bookbinders' Union merged with the
Swedish Lithographic Union and the
Swedish Typographers' Union. The merger was agreed at a congress held in Stockholm on 17 August 1972, and the new union was formed on 1 January 1973. Like all its predecessors, GF 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 ...
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Upon its foundation, the union had 33,162 members, and the number grew to a peak of 40,491 in 1989. Membership then declined, in line with employment in the industry, and by 2008 it was down to only 17,251. In 2009, it merged with the
Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union, to form
GS.
Presidents
:1987: Valter Carlsson
:1995: Malte Eriksson
:2003: Jan Österlind
:2007: Tommy Andersson
External links
*{{official website, www.gf.se
References
Printing trade unions
Trade unions established in 1973
Trade unions disestablished in 2009
Trade unions in Sweden