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Swedish Painters' Union

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Målareförbundet
Swedish Painters' Union
Svenska Målareförbundet
Founded2 October 1887
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Location
Members
10,918
Key people
Lars-Åke Lundin, president
AffiliationsLO
Websitewww.malareforbundet.a.se

The Swedish Painters' Union (Swedish: Svenska Målareförbundet, SMF or Målarna) is a trade union representing painters and decorators in Sweden.

The union was founded on 2 October 1887 at a meeting in Stockholm, and originally had 800 members. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1899, and by 1907 had grown to 4,298 members. After a decade with fluctuating membership, it began growing again, reaching a maximum membership of 22,582 in 1966. Since then, membership has steadily fallen, and in 2019 stood at 10,918.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 97–99. ISBN 978-9172673106.
  2. ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 626–630. ISBN 0333771125.
  3. ^ ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
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