The Swedish Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Bageri- och Konditoriindustriarbetareförbundet, Bageri) was a trade union representing workers in the food processing industry in Sweden. The union was founded on 25 June 1896 in

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, as the Swedish Bakery Workers' Union. It had only 430 members at the end of the year, but grew rapidly. It relocated its headquarters to

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in 1898, and that year set up a separate section for women. It affiliated to the

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in 1899. The union's merger with the Swedish Sugar Bakery Workers' Union in 1904 led to a change of name in 1908. By 1921, the union had 7,200 members. The following year, it merged with the Swedish Butchers' Union to form the Swedish Food Workers' Union.

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