The Swedish Union of Journalists ( sv, Journalistförbundet, SJF) 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 ( ...

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 ...

. It is affiliated with the

Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees The Confederation of Professional Employees ( sv, Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation, TCO) is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organization, umbrella organisation for 13 trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qual ...

and the

International Federation of Journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is the largest global union federation of journalists' trade unions in the world. It represents more than 600,000 media workers from 187 organisations in 146 countries. The IFJ is an associate ...

Membership

The SJF has a membership of more than 19 000 members: *8,000 work within the daily newspapers *2,300 with public radio and television *1,800 as freelancers *900 as information officers or editors of small membership papers *800 with magazines *500 with private commercial audiovisual companies *400 with political or specialized reviews 1,700 are retired members, 700 are students in journalism, and an additional 1,000 are unemployed. Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees International Federation of Journalists Trade unions in Sweden Journalists' trade unions Swedish journalism organizations Trade unions established in 1901 {{Sweden-org-stub