Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Landsorganisasjonen i Norge
AbbreviationLO
Founded1899 (1899)
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Location
Members
970,054 (2020)
Key people
President Peggy Hessen Følsvik
AffiliationsITUC, ETUC, NFS
Websitelo.no
The headquarters of Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, LO (Folkets Hus) at Youngstorget in Oslo

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (Norwegian: Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almost 1,000,000 members of a Norwegian population of 5 million. The majority of affiliated unions organizes traditional blue collar workers, but the largest affiliate is the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees which makes up more than a third of all members.[1] LO is affiliated to the ITUC and the ETUC.

It was named the Workers' National Trade Union (Norwegian: Arbeidernes Faglige Landsorganisasjon, AFL) from 1899 to 1957.[2] Affiliated with the Labour Party throughout its history, several of LO's member unions have concurrently been member bodies in the Labour Party.[3]

The organization owns the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library.[4]

  1. ^ Ole Storeng (3 May 2013): Lederskifte gir ingen revolusjon (in Norwegian) Aftenposten, retrieved 6 May 2013
  2. ^ Gran, Thorvald (1994). The State in the Modernization Process. The case of Norway 1850-1970 (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Ad Notam Gyldendal. p. 18. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Landsorganisasjonen i Norge". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ Halvorsen, Solveig (1995). "The Norwegian Labour Movement Archives And Library". Saothar. 20: 105–107. JSTOR 23197247.

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