The Swedish Miners' Union ( sv, Svenska Gruvindustriarbetareförbundet, Gruv) 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 mining industry in Sweden. The union was founded at a meeting in

Grängesberg Grängesberg () is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 3,481 inhabitants in 2010. The town was dominated by iron-ore extraction at Grängesberg ore field (Grängesbergs malmfält) from the 16th century to 198 ...

on 12 October 1895. It initially had 600 members, but grew steadily. It affiliated to the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( sv, Landsorganisationen i Sverige ; literally "National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions ...

in 1900, and had 4,504 members by 1908. Membership declined rapidly following that year's general strike, but was gradually rebuilt, and reached an all-time peak of 13,337 in 1958. In the winter of 1969/1970, there was a major unofficial strike in the industry, which prompted a brief rebound in membership, but the overall trend was downwards, along with employment in the industry. By 1993, it had only 5,600 members remaining, and the following year, it merged into the

Swedish Metalworkers' Union The Swedish Metalworkers' Union ( sv, Svenska Metallindustriarbetareförbundet often shortened in text and speech to simply ''Metall'') was a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded in Stockholm on 21 May 1888, and had 555 members b ...

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Presidents

:1895: Karl-Erik Berg : :Edward Mattsson :Vilhelm Isaksson :1960s: Nils Lindell :1970: John Näslund :1979: Anders Stendalen

References

Swedish Trade Union Confederation Mining trade unions Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1895 Trade unions disestablished in 1994