The Swedish Graphic Workers' Union ( sv, Grafiska Fackförbundet, Grafiska or GF) was a trade union representing printing industry workers in Sweden. The union was founded when the

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merged with the Swedish Lithographic Union and the Swedish Typographers' Union. The merger was agreed at a congress held in Stockholm on 17 August 1972, and the new union was formed on 1 January 1973. Like all its predecessors, GF affiliated to the

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. On foundation, the union had 33,162 members, and this grew to a peak of 40,491 in 1989. Membership then declined, in line with employment in the industry, and by 2008 it was down to only 17,251. In 2009, it merged with the

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, to form GS.

Presidents

:1987: Valter Carlsson :1995: Malte Eriksson :2003: Jan Österlind :2007: Tommy Andersson

External links

*{{official website, www.gf.se

References

Printing trade unions Trade unions established in 1973 Trade unions disestablished in 2009 Trade unions in Sweden