:Trade unions in Norway

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{{Infobox union by country

|national = LO-Norway, Unio, YS, Akademikerne

|government =

|legislation =

|membership_number = 1.9 million (2019){{cite web |title=Trade union members and strikes |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/arborg |website=Statistics Norway |access-date=21 May 2020 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}

|union_percentage1_title = Density

|union_percentage1 = 49.2% (2018){{cite web |title=Trade union density |url=https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TUD |website=OECD Statistics |access-date=21 May 2020}}

|union_percentage2_title = CBA coverage

|union_percentage2 = 72.5% (2014){{cite web |title=Collective bargaining coverage|url=https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=CBC|website=OECD Statistics |access-date=21 May 2020}}

|ITUC-GRI = 1

|ILOmember = y

|country = Norway

|territory =

|ILO-87date = 4 July 1949

|ILO-98date = 17 February 1955

}}

Trade unions in Norway first emerged with the efforts of Marcus Thrane and the formation of the Drammen Labour Union in 1848 which organised agricultural workers and crofters. However, with Thrane's imprisonment and the suppression of the union in 1855, it was not until 1872 before a union was founded again, by print workers. In 1899 the first national federation, the LO, was founded.{{cite book |last1=Leiren |first1=Terje |last2=Sjåvik |first2=Jan |title=Historical Dictionary of Norway |date=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-2312-6 |pages=280–1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98SrDwAAQBAJ |language=en |chapter=Thrane, Marcus Møller}}{{cite book |last1=Leiren |first1=Terje |last2=Sjåvik |first2=Jan |title=Historical Dictionary of Norway |date=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-2312-6 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98SrDwAAQBAJ |language=en |chapter=Labor Party}} During this period interactions with trade unions in Denmark and Sweden played a great influence over the development of trade unions in Norway.{{cite web |last1=Logue |first1=John |title=Trade unions in the Nordic countries |url=https://nordics.info/show/artikel/trade-unions-in-the-nordic-region/ |website=nordics.info |publisher=Aarhus University |access-date=22 May 2020 |language=en |date=18 February 2019}}

In Norway today around half of all workers are trade union members and almost three-quarters of all workers are covered by collective agreements. There are four confederations with affiliated members: Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Confederation of Vocational Unions, Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.

class="wikitable" |+Trade union membership in Norway, 2019 ! !Number of unions !Share of union membership !Total membership !Change 2018-19

Confederation of Unions for Professionals (Unio) |8 |19.7% |375,181 |{{Increase}} 2.0%

Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS) |13 |11.8% |225,794 |{{Increase}} 1.5%

Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne) |11 |11.6% |220,005 |{{Increase}} 5.2%

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) |20 |50.0% |952,394 |{{Increase}} 1.7%

Unaffiliated |15 |6.9% |130,991 |{{Increase}} 7.3%

Totals |67 |100% |1,904,365 |{{Increase}} 2.5%

colspan="5" |Source: Statistics Norway{{Cite web|title=Trade union members and strikes|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/arborg/aar/2020-03-25|date=25 March 2020|website=Statistics Norway|language=en|access-date=22 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=03546: Central organisations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December 2001 - 2019|url=http://www.ssb.no/en/statbanken/statbank/table/03546/|website=Statistics Norway|access-date=22 May 2020}}

==See also==

• Economy of Norway
• {{annotated link|Norsk Syndikalistisk Forbund}}