Norwegian Civil Service Union

The Norwegian Civil Service Union (Norwegian: Norsk Tjenestemannslag, NTL) is a trade union representing civil servants in Norway.

Norwegian Civil Service Union

Norsk Tjenestemannslag
Abbreviation	NTL
Founded	1 November 1947; 77 years ago (1947-11-01)
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Location	Norway
Members	50,000
Key people	Kjersti Barsok, President
Affiliations	LO, PSI
Website	ntl.no

Members of the Norwegian trade union Norsk Tjenestemannslag (The Norwegian Civil Service Union) during a strike in 2012.

The union was founded on 1 November 1947 and affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. By the end of the year, it had 800 members, but by 1965, this had grown to 25,000, making the largest union of civil servants in the country.^[1] Its membership is now more than 57,000.^[2]

Presidents

1947: Reidar Gigernes

1950: Thorvald Karlsen

1978: Dagfinn Habberstad

1988: Jan Werner Hansen

1998: Turid Lilleheie

2010: John Leirvaag

2018: Kjersti Barsok