Statistics Norway

Associations of wage earners and employer associations

1   Central organizations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December
  2002 2003 2004 2005
Associations of wage earners, total 1 505 995 1 508 412 1 510 633 1 517 442
         
The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions  800 259  838 749  831 464  822 629
Of which        
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees1 .  286 651  289 575  285 664
Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees1  235 706      
The United Federation of Trade Unions  145 115  137 960  133 745  132 167
Norwegian Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices 59 138 59 650 59 943 60 399
Norwegian Union of Government Employees 47 116 46 718 46 729 46 398
Electrician and IT Workers Union 38 207 37 056 36 517 36 336
Norwegian National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Workers 33 600 32 507 31 903 30 937
Norwegian Union of General Workers 30 894 30 998 29 872 30 037
Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers 28 233 27 042 26 152 25 584
Norwegian Post- and Communication Union 27 996 27 609 24 650 22 730
Confederation of Vocational Unions  200 089  201 552  200 610  201 713
Of which        
Norwegian Confederation of Municipal Employees 55 095 55 483 56 145 58 147
Finance Sector Union - Norway 36 280 36 063 35 774 35 698
Parat2 . . . 26 031
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees -The Communication Union3 . . . 17 357
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees3 14 829 15 064 14 768 .
2fo2 14 085 14 239 14 631 .
Confederation of Employees in Private Sector2 11 743 11 861 11 955 .
The Military Officers' Association 10 000 10 200 9 598 9 921
Yrkestrafikkforbundet 8 603 8 869 9 084 9 344
Union of Civil Servants 10 670 10 581 7 372 7 205
The Confederation of Unions for Proffessionals, Norway  222 921  232 016  237 671  244 253
Of which        
Union of Education Norway  132 473  133 913  136 151  140 037
Nurses' Association 68 805 73 689 76 980 79 242
Norwegian Police Federation 10 404 10 500 10 748 11 011
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 8 063 8 611 8 256 8 240
Federation of Norwegian Professional Association  128 011  132 756  138 563  142 937
Of which        
Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical Scientific Proffesional 38 830 40 562 42 242 44 187
The Norwegian Medical Association 20 904 21 530 22 364 23 133
Association of Norwegian Lawyers 14 355 14 634 15 092 15 603
The Norwegian Federation of Business Economists 13 178 13 780 14 229 14 595
Norwegian Association of Research Workers 13 154 13 647 14 430 14 500
Association of Social Scientists 4 090 4 573 5 063 5 424
The Norwegian Dental Association 5 213 5 318 5 441 5 201
The Norwegian Psychological Association 4 395 4 594 4 846 5 113
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates 4 514 4 435 4 491 4 610
Other associations of wage earners4  154 715  103 339  102 325  105 910
Of which        
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses1 52 871 . . .
Norwegian Society of Engineers 47 955 50 092 51 416 53 508
Norwegian Association of Supervisors & Managers 12 798 12 285 12 002 12 155
Norwegian Union of Journalists 8 517 8 555 8 770 8 943
Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association 7 902 7 781 7 693 7 520
1  During 2003 Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees and Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses were merged to a federation, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees.
2  From 1 January 2005 2FO and Confederation of Employees in Private Sector were merged to a federation, Parat.
3  From 1 January 2005 Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees and The Communication Union were merged to a federation, Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees-The Communication Union.
4  Includes both wage earners and self-employeed.
Source: Associations for wage earners and employer associations, Statistics Norway.

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