Council of Nordic Trade Unions

Regional trade union federation

NFS

Council of Nordic Trade Unions

Nordens Fackliga Samorganisation (Swe.), Pohjolan Ammatillinen Yhteisjärjestö (Fin.), Nordens Faglige Samorganisasjon (Nor.)
Founded| 1972
Headquarters| Stockholm, Sweden
Location|

* Nordic countries

Members| 9 million

Key people

| Magnus Gissler, general secretary
Affiliations| Independent
Website| www.nfs.net

The Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) is a regional trade union federation. It represents 9 million members from 16 national trade unions in the Nordic countries of Europe. It was founded in 1972, and has close ties with the Baltic Sea Trade Union Network (BASTUN). The main task of NFS is to co-ordinate trade union activities in the Nordic countries, particularly with regard to employment, economic policy and different social issues. General Secretary, since 2014, is Magnus Gissler.[1][2]

## Affiliates

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Affiliate[3] | Abbreviation | Country

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Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions | SAK | Finland
Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland | BSRB | Iceland
Confederation of Unions for Professionals | UNIO | Norway
Confederation of Vocational Unions | YS | Norway
Danish Confederation of Professional Associations | AC | Denmark
Danish Trade Union Confederation | FH | Denmark
Finnish Confederation of Professionals | STTK | Finland
Icelandic Confederation of Labour | ASÍ | Iceland
Icelandic Confederation of University Graduates | BHM | Iceland
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions | LO | Norway
Samtak | Samtak | Faroe Islands
National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland | SIK | Greenland
Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations | SACO | Sweden
Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees | TCO | Sweden
Swedish Trade Union Confederation | LO | Sweden

## General Secretaries

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1981: John Svenningsen
1989: Sune Ahlen
2000: Tom Saxén
2011: Loa Brynjulfsdottir
2013: Christina Colclough
2014: Magnus Gissler

## References

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1. ^ "Magnus Gissler: Growing international interest for Nordic agreement model — Nordic Labour Journal". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
2. ^ ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
3. ^ "NFS MEDLEMSORGANISATIONER". NFS. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

## External links

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* Organised labour portal

* Official website