The Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers ( no, Norsk Kjemisk Industriarbeiderforbund, NKIF) was a

trade union 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 ( ...

representing workers in the chemical industry in

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 ...

. The union was founded in 1924, as a split from the

Norwegian Union of General Workers The Norwegian Union of General Workers ( no, Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund, NAF) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 33,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). The union was founded on 13 April 1895 ...

. It affiliated with the

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). By 1996, it had 32,031 members. In 2006, the union merged with the

Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Union The Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Union ( no, Norsk Olje- og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund, NOPEF) was a trade union representing workers in the oil and petrochemical sector in Norway. The union was founded in 1977, and immediately affiliated to the N ...

, to form

Industri Energi Industri Energi (Norwegian for "Industry Energy") is a Norwegian trade union for employees in the petroleum industry, the chemical industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the aluminium and metal industry and the forest industry The wood industry ...

Presidents

:1924:

Halfdan Jønsson Halfdan Jønsson (15 May 1891 – 7 February 1945) was a Norwegian trade unionist and resistance member. He was born in Frol. He was elected chairman of the Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers in 1924. In 1934 he served as vice cha ...

:1934: :1945: Karsten Torkildsen :1963: Anker Nordtvedt :1967: :1973: Håkon A. Ødegaard :1978: Arthur Svensson :1995: Olaf Støylen

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* Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1923 Trade unions disestablished in 2006 Chemical industry trade unions Trade unions in Norway {{Europe-trade-union-stub