The Federation of Swedish Farmers (''Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund'', LRF) is an organisation for

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farmers. LRF has about 170 000 individual members, which represent about 90 000 agricultural enterprises, and the membership also includes most Swedish

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s in the agricultural and forestry sector. LRF conducts business through seven subsidiaries, with 2 000 employees and a combined turnover of 2 billion

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:LRF's Subsidiaries
, accessed 2013-08-09 * LRF Konsult, providing consultancy services for small- and medium-sized enterprises, including in accounting, tax and legal matters. LRF Konuslt has 1 300 employees in 125 locations in Sweden. * Swedish Quality Seal, Sigill Kvalitetssystem, which is an environmental and product quality certification programme. * LRF Samköp, a purchasing organisation for goods and services used by farmers and agricultural cooperatives. * LRF Media, a publishing company for newspapers and magazines, also outside the agricultural area. Magazines published include: ** ''

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'', a weekly magazine distributed to all members of LRF. ** '' ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning'', a news and business magazine for the agricultural sector. * LRF Försäkring, an insurance company for farmers and the rural community. * Sånga-Säby Kurs & Konferens, a conference centre located on

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in the outskirts of Stockholm.

History

LRF was created in 1971 by fusion of two organisations: ''Riksförbundet Landsbygdens folk'' (RLF), an organisation for farmers founded in 1929, and ''Sveriges Lantbruksförbund'' (SL), an organisation for agricultural production cooperatives founded in 1940, and which had a background in ''Sveriges Allmänna Lantbrukssällskap'' (SAL), founded in 1917.

References

External links

Official website
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