The Swedish Prison Employees' Union ( sv, Svenska Vårdpersonalförbundet 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 prison staff in Sweden. The union was founded on 7 June 1906 in

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, as the Swedish Prison Guards' Union. It grew slowly, with 496 members in 1910, and 1,557 by 1954. 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 1939, and in 1948, it moved its headquarters to

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. By 1969, it had 3,829 members. The following year, it merged into the new

Swedish National Union of State 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 ...

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Prison officer organisations Swedish Trade Union Confederation Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1906 Trade unions disestablished in 1970