The Swedish Prison Employees' Union ( sv, Svenska Vårdpersonalförbundet was 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 (s ...

representing prison staff in Sweden. The union was founded on 7 June 1906 in Gothenburg, as the Swedish Prison Guards' Union. It grew slowly, with 496 members in 1910, and 1,557 by 1954. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1939, and in 1948, it moved its headquarters to Stockholm. By 1969, it had 3,829 members. The following year, it merged into the new

Swedish National Union of State Employees The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees ( sv, Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded on 14 May 1970, as the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). It resu ...

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Prison officer organisations Swedish Trade Union Confederation Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1906 Trade unions disestablished in 1970