Statistics Norway

Associations of wage earners and employer associations

1   Central organizations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December
  2000 2001 2002 2003
Associations of wage earners, total 11 485 738 11 481 271 11 505 995 1 508 412
         
The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions  813 122  796 272  800 259  838 749
Of which        
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees2        286 651
Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees2  234 460  230 002  235 706  
The United Federation of Trade Unions  153 292  147 168  145 115  137 960
Norwegian Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices 60 238 58 868 59 138 59 650
Norwegian Union of Government Employees 46 627 46 764 47 116 46 718
Electrician and IT Workers Union 40 024 38 115 38 207 37 056
Norwegian National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Workers 34 477 33 314 33 600 32 507
Norwegian Union of General Workers 30 933 30 096 30 894 30 998
Norwegian Posto- and Communication Union 28 215 27 995 27 996 27 609
Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers 30 079 28 927 28 233 27 042
Confederation of Vocational Unions  241 747  197 458  200 089  201 552
Of which        
Norwegian Confederation of Municipal Employees 52 275 53 683 55 095 55 483
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses2 52 133      
Finance Sector Union - Norway 35 571 35 762 36 280 36 063
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees 15 212 14 811 14 829 15 064
2fo 14 977 14 663 14 085 14 239
Confederation of Employees in Private Sector 11 676 11 665 11 743 11 861
Union of Civil Servants 12 338 12 451 10 670 10 581
The Military Officers' Association 10 385 10 200 10 000 10 200
The Confederation of Academics and Professional Union of Norway  119 334      
Of which        
Nurses' Association 60 197      
Teachers' Association 39 255      
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 7 589      
The Norwegian Association of Proffesionals in Nature and Agricultural        
Confederation of Higher Education Unions, Norway    215 000  222 921  232 016
Of which        
Union of Education Norway    130 000  132 473  133 913
Nurses' Association   65 000 68 805 73 689
Norwegian Police Federation   10 000 10 404 10 500
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association   7 500 8 063 8 611
Federation of Norwegian Professional Association  118 760  122 086  128 011  132 756
Of which        
Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical Scientific Proffesional3 36 410 36 892 38 830 40 562
The Norwegian Medical Association 20 007 20 441 20 904 21 530
Association of Norwegian Lawyers 13 605 13 902 14 355 14 634
The Norwegian Federation of Business Economists 11 895 12 414 13 178 13 780
Norwegian Association of Research Workers 11 509 12 053 13 154 13 647
The Norwegian Dental Association 5 128 5 189 5 213 5 318
The Norwegian Psychological Association 4 113 4 294 4 395 4 594
Association of Social Scientists 3 099 3 473 4 090 4 573
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates4 4 362 4 362 4 514 4 435
Other associations of wage earners5 1 192 775 1 150 455 1 154 715  103 339
Of which        
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses2   52 216 52 871  
Norwegian Union of Teachers 90 003      
Norwegian Society of Engineers 45 125 45 877 47 955 50 092
Norwegian Association of Supervisors & Managers 12 873 12 943 12 798 12 285
Norwegian Police Federation 9 940      
Norwegian Union of Journalists 8 177 8 525 8 517 8 555
Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association 7 900 7 814 7 902 7 781
1  Revised since the previous issue.
2  During 2003 Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees and Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses were settled to a federation, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees.
3  Earlier Norwegian Society of Chartered Society Engineers.
4  Earlier Norwegian The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates.
5  Includes both wage earners and self-employeed.
Source: Associations for wage earners and employer associations, Statistics Norway.

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