The Swedish Sailors' Union ( sv, Svenska Sjöfolksförbundet, SSF) 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 sailors from Sweden. The union was established on 24 October 1932, with the merger of five unions: * Swedish American Line Supply Service Employees' Union * Swedish Association of Seafaring Women * Swedish Association of Stewards * Swedish Firemen's Union * Swedish Seamen's Union The union immediately 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 ...

. On founding, the union had 14,501 members, but the Swedish Association of Stewards left before the end of the year, and membership dropped to a low of 6,635 in 1944. It rapidly rebounded after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, and the Stewards finally rejoined in 1970. By 1995, it had 10,311 members. The following year, it merged into the

Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees ( sv, Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded on 14 May 1970, as the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). It resul ...

.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630

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Seafarers' trade unions Trade unions established in 1932 Trade unions disestablished in 1996 Trade unions in Sweden