The Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union (, SLF) was a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing farm workers in Sweden. The first Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union was established in 1908, with the merger of the Agricultural Workers' Union of Central Sweden and the Agricultural Workers' Union of Scania, but it failed to grow, and dissolved in 1912. On 6 October 1918, a new Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union was established, at a conference in

Mjölby Mjölby ( ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 28,544 inhabitants in 2024. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name ''Mjölby'' is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or , meani ...

. It initially had 1,717 members, and was based in

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, but moved its headquarters to Stockholm in 1921, by which time membership had grown to 15,674. That year, the Forest and Agricultural Workers' Union of Central Sweden rejoined, having split away in 1919.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630 The Agricultural Workers' Union of Småland joined in 1920, followed by the Swedish Garden Workers Union in 1924. In 1921, there was a short-lived communist split, the Swedish Forest and Agricultural Workers' Union. In 1930, the Agricultural Workers' Union of Uppland merged in, and the union affiliated to the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( ; literally "The National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-c ...

. Membership peaked at 48,649 in 1945, then fell, along with employment in the industry. By 2001, it was down to only 11,578. The following year, it merged into the

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Presidents

:1918: Albin Hansson :1929: Carl Albert Falk :1932:

Gunnar Sträng Gunnar Georg Emanuel Sträng (23 December 1906 – 7 March 1992) was a Sweden, Swedish trade union leader and Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic politician, most known for being Sweden's longest serving Minister for Finance (Swede ...

:1945: Axel Johansson :1959: Ewald Jansson :1973:

Börje Svensson Börje Svensson (born 1928) is a Swedish former trade union leader. Born in Blekinge, Svensson began working as a cowhand, and also joined the Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union (SLF). He was soon elected as the education officer of his local br ...

:1988: Mats Hansson

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Swedish Trade Union Confederation Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1918 Trade unions disestablished in 2002 Agriculture and forestry trade unions

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