Econa (former Siviløkonomene) is a Norwegian

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 ( ...

for business administrators. With 20,000 members and affiliation with the

Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations ( no, Akademikerne) is a national trade union center in Norway. It was formed in October, 1997 as a break-away union from the Academic and Professional Unions (AF). Akademikerne has a members ...

, it only accepts people with a master's level education in business administration, or the '' siviløkonom'' degree.

History

The union was founded as Bedriftsøkonomisk Forening in Oslo on February 28, 1939, as a union for candidates from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. The same year local divisions were created in Bergen and Kristiansund. In 1954 it took the name Norske Siviløkonomers Forening, a name held until the present was introduced in 2004. It was eventually part of

Academic and Professional Unions An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

, but broke out in 1997 to form the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations.

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* Trade unions in Norway Trade unions established in 1939 {{Europe-trade-union-stub