Statistics Norway

Associations of wage earners and employer associations

1   Central organizations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December
  2001 2002 2003 2004
Associations of wage earners, total 1 481 271 1 505 995 1 508 412 1 510 633
The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions  796 272  800 259  838 749  831 464
Of which        
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees1      286 651  289 575
Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees1  230 002  235 706    
The United Federation of Trade Unions  147 168  145 115  137 960  133 745
Norwegian Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices 58 868 59 138 59 650 59 943
Norwegian Union of Government Employees 46 764 47 116 46 718 46 729
Electrician and IT Workers Union 38 115 38 207 37 056 36 517
Norwegian National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Workers 33 314 33 600 32 507 31 903
Norwegian Union of General Workers 30 096 30 894 30 998 29 872
Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers 28 927 28 233 27 042 26 152
Norwegian Posto- and Communication Union 27 995 27 996 27 609 24 650
Confederation of Vocational Unions  197 458  200 089  201 552  200 610
Of which        
Norwegian Confederation of Municipal Employees 53 683 55 095 55 483 56 145
Finance Sector Union - Norway 35 762 36 280 36 063 35 774
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees 14 811 14 829 15 064 14 768
2fo 14 663 14 085 14 239 14 631
Confederation of Employees in Private Sector 11 665 11 743 11 861 11 955
The Military Officers' Association 10 200 10 000 10 200 9 598
Union of Civil Servants 12 451 10 670 10 581 7 372
Confederation of Higher Education Unions, Norway  215 000  222 921  232 016  237 671
Of which        
Union of Education Norway  130 000  132 473  133 913  136 151
Nurses' Association 65 000 68 805 73 689 76 980
Norwegian Police Federation 10 000 10 404 10 500 10 748
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 7 500 8 063 8 611 8 256
Federation of Norwegian Professional Association  122 086  128 011  132 756  138 563
Of which        
Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical Scientific Proffesional 36 892 38 830 40 562 42 242
The Norwegian Medical Association 20 441 20 904 21 530 22 364
Association of Norwegian Lawyers 13 902 14 355 14 634 15 092
The Norwegian Federation of Business Economists 12 414 13 178 13 780 14 229
Norwegian Association of Research Workers 12 053 13 154 13 647 14 430
The Norwegian Dental Association 5 189 5 213 5 318 5 441
Association of Social Scientists 3 473 4 090 4 573 5 063
The Norwegian Psychological Association 4 294 4 395 4 594 4 846
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates 4 362 4 514 4 435 4 491
Other associations of wage earners2  150 455  154 715  103 339  102 325
Of which        
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses1 52 216 52 871    
Norwegian Society of Engineers 45 877 47 955 50 092 51 416
Norwegian Association of Supervisors & Managers 12 943 12 798 12 285 12 002
Norwegian Union of Journalists 8 525 8 517 8 555 8 770
Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association 7 814 7 902 7 781 7 693
1  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.
2  Includes both wage earners and self-employed.

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