The Swedish Typographers' Union ( sv, Svenska Typografförbundet, Typograf) 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 book printers in Sweden. The union was founded on 7 July 1886 at a conference in Stockholm, and it began operations in June 1887. Founded with 355 members, it grew rapidly, and by 1909 it had 5,973 members. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1920. The union's journal for many years was the ''Svenska typograftidningen'', but from 1960 it instead published ''Grafisk revy'' jointly with the

Swedish Bookbinders' Union The Swedish Bookbinders' Union ( sv, Svenska Bokbindareförbundet, SBbaf) was a trade union representing bookbinders in Sweden. The union was founded on 18 March 1893 as the Swedish Bookbinding Workers' Union, and set up headquarters in Stockhol ...

(SBbaf).{{cite book , last1=Hans , first1=Nygren , title=Steg för steg, 1945-1973: en krönika i text och bild om den svenska fackföreningsrörelsens utveckling under efterkrigstiden , date=1973 , publisher=Prisma , location=Stockholm , isbn=915180705X By 1970, the union had 15,344 members. On 1 January 1973, the union merged with the SBbaf and the

Swedish Lithographic Union The Swedish Lithographic Union ( sv, Sveriges Litografiska Förbund, Litograf) was a trade union representing lithographic printers in Sweden. The first Swedish Lithographic Union was established in 1895 at a conference in Norrköping. However, ...

, to form the

Swedish Graphic Workers' Union 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 Swedish Bookbinders' Union merged with the Swedish Lithographic ...

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Printing trade unions Trade unions established in 1886 Trade unions disestablished in 1973 Trade unions in Sweden