The Swedish Musicians' Union ( sv, Musikerförbundet, Musikerna) 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 musicians in

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. The union was founded on 19 December 1907 in Stockholm, with about 700 members. It grew very slowly until

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, but this changed after it joined the

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in 1939. It moved from 1,954 members in 1938, to 13,240 in 1946. The Association of Stage and Film and the Swedish Notary Writers' Association transferred in during 1942, followed in 1948 by the Stockholm Film and Theatre Workers' Union. In 1952, the cinema section of the

Swedish Municipal Workers' Union The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Kommunalarbetareförbundet), is the largest trade union in Sweden with 570 000 members as of 2005, it was created 1910. It is commonly referred to as ''Kommunal'' ("''Municipal''"). The union w ...

transferred in, followed in 1965 by the Association of Swedish Chamber Musicians and the Association of Musical Artists. The Swedish Dance Teachers' Union also joined in 1965, but in 1970 it transferred to the

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. Finally, in 1971, the Association of Patrolmen joined, while in 1984 the

Swedish Union of Professional Musicians The Swedish Union of Professional Musicians ( sv, Sveriges Yrkesmusikerförbund - SYMF) is a trade union that will organise professional singers and musicians. The union emerged as a split from the Swedish Musicians' Union (SMF) in the mid-1980 ...

split away. The union's peak membership was 17,389 in both 1956 and 1958. It has since fallen steadily, and in 2019 stood at 2,223.

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