The Swedish Paper Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Pappersindustriarbetareförbundet, Pappers) is 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

pulp and paper industry The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard and other cellulose-based products. Manufacturing process The pulp is fed to a paper machine where it is formed as a paper web an ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. The union was established on 21 June 1920, at a conference in

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

. It brought together 6,251 workers, most from the

Swedish Factory Workers' Union The Swedish Factory Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Fabriksarbetareförbundet, Fabriks) was a trade union representing manufacturing workers in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 November 1891 in Lund, as the Södra District Heavy Industry Union. I ...

, but a minority from the

Swedish Sawmill Industry Workers' Union The Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union ( sv, Svenska sågverksindustriarbetarförbundet, abbreviated SSIAF) was a trade union of saw mill workers in Sweden. The union was founded in 1891, it was initially known as ''Svenska sågverks- och br ...

. 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 1922, and relocated its headquarters to Stockholm in 1928. In 1946, the Swedish Pulp Operators' Union merged in, and it reached a peak membership of 47,228 in 1961. The union's membership steadily dropped from the mid-1970s, along with employment in the industry. As of 2019, Pontus Georgsson is the union's chairman. In the same year, it had 13,494 members. As of 2005, the union had 70 local affiliates, one at each mill.

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