Associations of wage earners and employer associations

1   Central organizations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Associations of wage earners, total 1 484 501 1 485 065 1 482 891 1 473 760
         
The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions 838 306 828 431 813 122 796 272
Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees 241 090 238 613 234 460 230 002
The United Federation of Trade Unions 162 174 158 077 153 292 147 168
Norwegian Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices 61 071 61 401 60 238 58 868
Norwegian Union of Government Employees 47 232 46 402 46 627 46 764
Electrician and IT Workers Union 26 846 40 803 40 024 38 115
Norwegian National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Workers 36 858 35 296 34 477 33 314
Norwegian Union of General Workers 32 727 32 122 30 933 30 096
Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers 31 357 30 799 30 079 28 927
Norwegian Posto- and Communication Union     28 215 27 995
Norwegian Union of Social Educaters and Social Workers 16 607 16 791 17 528 18 329
Norwegian Federation of Supervisors and Technical Employees 17 902 18 023 17 843 17 690
Norwegian Oil- and Petro-Chemical Fedration 16 316 17 674 17 944 17 393
Norwegian Union of Railwaymen 18 568 17 957 17 218 16 361
Others 146 165 131 264 101 772 85 250
Confederation of Vocational Unions 238 491 243 387 241 747 197 458
Norwegian Confederation of Municipal Employees 54 617 53 731 52 275 53 683
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses1 50 863 51 745 52 133  
Finance Sector Union - Norway2 25 173 36 158 35 571 35 762
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees 14 764 15 019 15 212 14 811
2fo3     14 977 14 663
Union of Civil Servants 11 919 12 058 12 338 12 451
Confederation of Employees in Private Sector 12 093 12 111 11 676 11 665
The Military Officers' Association 10 624 10 500 10 385 10 200
Norwegian Insurance Employees' Union2 9 380      
Etatsansattes Landsforbund3 8 561 8 506    
Yrkestrafikkforbundet3 8 169 8 238 8 576 8 522
The Norwegian Union of Marin Engineers 4 574 4 728 4 986 5 465
Federation of Offshore Workers' Trade Union     5 313 5 327
Others 32 328 35 321 23 291 24 909
The Confederation of Academics and Professional Union of Norway4 165 643 120 926 119 334  
Nurses' Association 54 953 57 261 60 197  
Norwegian Society of Engineers 45 103 . .  
Teachers' Association5 37 168 38 165 39 255  
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 7 136 7 466 7 589  
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates 4 867 4 353    
Others 16 416 13 681 12 293  
Confederation of Higher Education Unions, Norway       215 000
Union of Education Norway5       130 000
Nurses' Association       65 000
Norwegian Police Federation       10 000
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association       7 500
Norwegian Association of occupational therapist       2 700
Federation of Norwegian Professional Association 101 804 110 437 118 760 122 086
Norwegian Society of Chartered Engineers 34 790 36 089 36 410 36 892
The Norwegian Medical Association 18 178 18 965 20 007 20 441
Association of Norwegian Lawyers 12 604 13 116 13 605 13 902
The Norwegian Federation of Business Economists 10 930 11 701 11 895 12 414
Norwegian Association of Research Workers 10 309 10 598 11 509 12 053
The Norwegian Dental Association 5 075 5 095 5 128 5 189
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates     4 362 4 362
The Norwegian Psychological Association 3 536 3 996 4 113 4 294
Association of Social Scientists 1 927 2 654 3 099 3 473
The Association of the Church of Norway 2 168 2 312 2 381 2 410
The Norwegian Veterinary Assosiation 1 890 2 093 82 163 2 203
Others 397 3 818 84 088 4 453
Other associations of wage earners6 140 257 181 884 189 928 142 944
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses 50 863 51 745 52 133 52 216
Norwegian Union of Teachers5 76 959 79 181 90 003  
Norwegian Society of Engineers7   45 000 45 125 45 877
Norwegian Association of Supervisors & Managers 14 000 12 614 12 873 12 943
Norwegian Police Federation 9 890 10 004 9 940  
Norwegian Union of Journalists 7 815 7 770 8 177 8 525
Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association 7 620 7 798 7 900 7 814
The Norwegian Association of Pharmacy Technicians9 3 640      
Luftfartens Funksjonærforening3 2 760 2 916 2 879 2 835
Norwegian Sales-representatives Union 2 789 2 724 2 792 2 761
Others 14 784 13 877 10 239 9 973
1  Withdrew 01.07.2001 from Confederation of Vocational Unions.
2  Norwegian Insurance employees' Union and Norske Assurandørers Forbund merged in 1999 with Finance Sector - Norway.
3  No English translation of the association's name exists.
4  Closed down 30.06.2001.
5  During 2001 Teachers' Association and Norwegian Union of Theatchers were settled to a federation, Union og Education Norway.
6  Includes both wage earners and self-employeed.
7  Withdrew in 1996 from the Confederation of Academics and Profesional Union Norway.
8  Revised since the previous issue.
9  As from 1999 member of Confederation of Vocational Unions.
Source: Associations for wage earners and employer associations, Statistics Norway.
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