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Tekna (short for ''Teknisk-naturvitenskapelig forening'', ) is a union for graduate technical and scientific professionals in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
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History and profile

It was established in 1874 under the name ''Den Norske Ingeniør- og Arkitektforening'' ('the Norwegian Engineer and Architect Association'). In 1912 it was reorganized as ''Den Norske Ingeniørforening'' ('the Norwegian Engineer Association'). It was again renamed to ''Norske Sivilingeniørers Forening'' ('Civil Engineers' Association of Norway') in 1973, and to Tekna in 2004. It has 103,000 members as of 2023. The headquarters are in
Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
. It publishes ''
Teknisk Ukeblad ''Teknisk Ukeblad'' (''TU'', ) is a Norwegian engineering magazine. The magazine has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. History and profile ''TU'' has appeared weekly since 13 April 1883 and was published by Ingeniørforlaget, now Teknisk Ukeblad ...
'' together with NITO. Tekna is a member of the
Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations () is a national trade union center in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. T ...
, Nording (the Scandinavian association of engineering organisations), and Nordic IN.Tekna
EMF. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
Its president is Elisabet Line Haugsbø, succeeding Lars Olav Grøvik in 2023.


References

Trade unions in Norway Organisations based in Oslo Organizations established in 1874 1874 establishments in Norway {{Norway-org-stub