The Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees ( no, Norsk Kommuneforbund, NKF) 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 ( ...

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

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 ...

. It was founded in 1920 as the Norwegian Municipal Workers' Union, 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 ...

. Its chairman the first fifteen years was Gunnar Sethil. On founding, it had 3,280 members, and this grew steadily. The Norwegian Tramway Union merged in during 1921, followed by the National Association of Municipal Officials in 1923, following which, it renamed itself as the NKF. The Norwegian Fire Brigade Union joined in 1925, followed by the Norwegian Hospital Staff Union in 1931, and the Norwegian Barbers' and Hairdressers' Union in 1937. The union's membership boomed after

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 ...

, and it had 240,000 members in 2000, making it LO's largest affiliate. In 2003, it merged with the

Norwegian Association of Health and Social Care Personnel The Norwegian Association of Health and Social Care Personnel ( no, Norsk Helse- og Sosialforbund, NHS) was a trade union representing auxiliary nurses and care workers in Norway. The union was founded in 1965 as the Norwegian Nursing Auxiliaries' ...

, to create the

Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees ( no, Fagforbundet) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 395,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). It was founded in 2003 as a merger of t ...

Presidents

:1920: Gunnar Sethil :1935: Erling Olsen :1945?: Arthur Karlsen :1960s: Torger Oxholm :1985:

Liv Nilsson Liv Solbjørg Nilsson (28 January 1943 – 4 July 1994) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. By vocation, she was an office clerk at Bodø Hospital. She was elected as leader of the Norwegian Union of Municipal Em ...

:1993:

Jan Davidsen Jan Davidsen (born 24 July 1950) is a Norwegian trade unionist. He is a firefighter by vocation and worked as such in Bergen. He was elected to the leadership in the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees in 1985, became deputy leader in 1990 and ...

References

Defunct trade unions of Norway Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1920 1920 establishments in Norway Trade unions disestablished in 2003 {{Norway-org-stub