Börje Svensson (born 1928) is a Swedish former trade union leader. Born in Blekinge, Svensson began working as a cowhand, and also joined the

Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union The Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Lantarbetareförbundet, SLF) was a trade union representing farm workers in Sweden. The first Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union was established in 1908, with the merger of the Agricultural ...

(SLF). He was soon elected as the education officer of his local branch, and also undertook his own studies, which enabled him to become a foreman at some stables. He went on to study labour movement relations, after which, the SLF nominated him to the Industrial Relations Board. In 1967, Svensson became the full-time Working Environment Officer at the SLF headquarters. In 1973, he was elected as president of the SLF, also serving on the executives of the Agricultural Credit Bank and that of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. In 1982, he was additionally elected as president of the

International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers The International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers (IFPAAW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing land workers. History The federation was created on December 2, 1959, when the Plantation Workers In ...

(IFPAAW), then in 1988 he was elected as its full-time general secretary. Under his leadership, IFPAAW merged into the

International Union of Food and Allied Workers The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is a global union federation of trade unions with members in a variety of industries, many of which relate to food processin ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Borje 1928 births Possibly living people Swedish trade unionists