Econa (former Siviløkonomene) is a
Norwegian trade union 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. 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
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