Axel Strand (13 November 1893 in Burlöv – 13 September 1983 in Stockholm) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used b ...

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 (s ...

organizer. A carpenter by profession, he belonged to the

Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union The Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Träindustriarbetareförbundet, STIAF or Trä) was a trade union representing wood workers in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 January 1924, when the Swedish Wood Workers' Union was split ...

. Strand was the chairman of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation 1947–1956.

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1893 births 1983 deaths People from Burlöv Municipality Swedish trade unionists Members of the Första kammaren {{Activist-stub