The Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union (, SBOP) 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

sheet metal worker Sheet or Sheets may refer to: * Bed sheet, a rectangular piece of cloth used as bedding * Sheet of paper, a flat, very thin piece of paper * Sheet metal, a flat thin piece of metal * Sheet (sailing), a line, cable or chain used to control the cle ...

s in Sweden. The union was founded in 1893, as 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 ...

. While it initially had only 125 members, the membership reached 1,849 by 1907. It was an early affiliate of 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 ...

, joining by 1901. The union hit an all-time peak of 6,256 members in 1992. Towards the end of the 1990s, it steadily lost members, and by 1999 was down to 4,411 members. On 1 January 2000, it merged into the

Swedish Building Workers' Union The Swedish Building Workers' Union (, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union merged with the labourers' ...

.{{cite news , last1=Petterson , first1=Kenneth , title=Bleck och Plåt och Byggnads går samman , url=https://www.byggnadsarbetaren.se/bleck-och-plat-och-byggnads-gar-samman/ , access-date=5 February 2021 , work=Byggnads Arbetaren , date=19 February 2001

References

Swedish Trade Union Confederation Sheet metal workers' trade unions Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1893 Trade unions disestablished in 2000