The Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries ( no, Teknologibedriftenes Landsforening, TBL) was an

employers' organisation An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor. Employers' organizations seek to coordinate the behavior of their member companies in matters of mutual ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, organized under the national

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon, NHO) is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 30,000 members. It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegi ...

. On 1 January 2006 it was merged with the Federation of Norwegian Process Industries to form the

Federation of Norwegian Industries The Federation of Norwegian Industries ( no, Norsk Industri) is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. It was established on 1 January 2006 as a merger of the Federation of Norwe ...

. It was founded in 1889.Federation of Norwegian Industries
- history The name at that time was ''De Mekaniske Værksteders Forening''. With the

Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers The Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers ( no, Norsk Jern- og Metallarbeiderforbund, NJMF) was a trade union representing workers in the metal industry, workshops, and shipbuilding in Norway. The union was founded in 1891, and in 1905 it joine ...

, a trade union which is now a part of the

United Federation of Trade Unions The United Federation of Trade Unions ( no, Fellesforbundet) is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in the country. History The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of T ...

,United Federation of Trade Unions
MVF negotiated Norway's first collective bargaining agreement in 1907. The name was changed to ''Mekaniske Værksteders Landsforening'' in 1908, and to ''Teknologibedriftenes Landsforening'' on its centennial anniversary in 1989. From the same year it joined the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. The idea to merge with the Federation of Norwegian Process Industries came into existence in 2003, and following negotiations the first general assembly of the new organization was held in November 2005. The merger was formally carried through on 1 January 2006.

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Defunct employers' organisations in Norway Organisations based in Oslo Industry in Norway 2006 disestablishments in Norway 1889 establishments in Norway {{Norway-org-stub