The Danish Prison Federation ( da, Fængselsforbundet i Danmark) is a trade union representing workers in the Prison and Probation Service in Denmark, Greenland and the Faeroe Islands.
The union was founded in December 1913 with the merger of local unions representing prison staff in
Vridsløselille,
Horsens and
Nyborg. By 1954, the union was affiliated to the
Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish: ''LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' or simply ''LO'') was founded in 1898 and was an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish tra ...
(LO), and had 1,740 members. From 1942 to 1963, it was led by A. C. Petersen, who for the first time brought probation staff into the union.
As of 2018, the union had 2,807 members. Since 2019, it has been affiliated to LO's successor, the
Danish Trade Union Confederation.
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Prison officer organisations
Trade unions in Denmark
Trade unions established in 1913