Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions ...

(LO) was founded in 1899, and has had the following leaders: Peggy Hessen Følsvik

Leaders

*1899-1900: Hans G. Jensen *1900-1901: Dines Jensen *1901-1904: Adolf Pedersen *1904-1905: Joh. Johansen *1905-1906: Adolf Pedersen *1906-1925:

Ole O. Lian Ole Olsen Lian (10 November 1868 – 20 February 1925) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. He was born in Tønsberg. In April 1891 in Oslo, Kristiania he married Elida Josefine Karoline ...

*1925-1934:

Halvard Olsen Halvard Olsen (23 January 1886 – 5 August 1966) was a Norwegian politician and trade Union leader. Olsen was born in Kvæfjord. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metal Workers from 1919, and then the Norwegian Confederation of Tra ...

*1934-1939:

Olav Hindahl Olav Hindahl (17 October 1892, Stavanger – 14 June 1963, Oslo) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He started his career as a typographer, and became involved in the local labour union. He rose up the ladde ...

*1939-1965:

Konrad Nordahl Konrad Mathias Nordahl (25 September 1897 – 22 May 1975) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1939 to 1965, and an MP from 1958 to 1965. Earl ...

*1965-1969: Parelius Mentsen *1969-1977:

Tor Aspengren Ivar Tor Aspengren (1 February 1917 – 23 June 2004) was a Norway, Norwegian laborer, trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He Leaders of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, led the Norwegian Confede ...

*1977-1987:

Tor Halvorsen Tor Halvorsen (24 November 1930 – 4 November 1987) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. Biography He was born in Skien. He started his working career in a shoe factory in 1946. In 1952 he was hired as a plumber ...

*1987-1989:

Leif Haraldseth Leif Haraldseth (30 November 1929 – 8 April 2019) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. Early life He was born in Drammen as a son of worker Hans Haraldseth (1905–1977) and housewife Ingrid (1907–1999). He fi ...

*1989-2001:

Yngve Haagensen Yngve is a Scandinavian male given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway. It is the modern form of either Old Norse Yngvi or of Ingwin. ''Yngvi'' was the Old Norse name of the Germanic god ''Ingu-'', later identified with Freyr, or of ''Ingwian-' ...

*2001-2007:

Gerd-Liv Valla Gerd-Liv Valla (born 25 January 1948 in Korgen, Nordland) is a Norwegian former trade union leader, who served as leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). She took over in 2001 (from former leader, Yngve Hågensen) and resigned i ...

*2007-2013:

Roar Flåthen Roar Flåthen (born 15 January 1950) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 2007 - 2013. He became the leader after Gerd-Liv Valla resigned on 9 M ...

*2013-2017:

Gerd Kristiansen Gerd Kristiansen (born 1 August 1955 in Harstad) is a Norwegian licensed practical nurse. She served as the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 2013 to 2017. Career Gerd Kristiansen was born in the village of Fauskevåg ...

*2017-2021:

Hans-Christian Gabrielsen Hans-Christian Gabrielsen (27 July 1967 – 9 March 2021) was a Norwegian industrial worker, politician, and trade unionist. He was elected leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from May 2017. Career Gabrielsen was born in Slemm ...

*2021-inc.:

Peggy Hessen Følsvik Peggy Hessen Følsvik (born on 12 November 1960) is a Norwegian trade unionist. She was elected first deputy leader of Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions at the LO congress in 2017. In March 2021, she became the president of the union after ...

Leaders during World War II

Under

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, LO was usurped by the Nazis, all other activity was illegal. Leaders of the legal LO were: *1940:

Elias Volan Elias Karelius Johansen Volan (10 March 1887 – 26 December 1974) was a Norway, Norwegian trade unionist. He was born in Inderøy as a son of Croft (land), crofter Johan Berent Johannessen Volvollan and Lise Eliasdatter Kjærbo. He attended Sund ...

*1940-1941:

Jens Tangen Jens Eugen Tangen (20 July 1897 – 22 September 1980) was a Norwegian trade unionist. Career Tangen chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Building Workers from 1935, having been deputy chairman from 1933 to 1934. In 1940, he was a central mem ...

*1941-1945:

Odd Fossum Odd Fossum (15 December 1905 – 23 July 1958) was a Norwegian shop assistant, and leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1941 to 1945, under the Nazi regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The oc ...

*1945: Kåre Rein

External links

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
- Official site

Trade unionists A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...