Swedish Building Workers' Union

The Swedish Building Workers' Union (Swedish: Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden.

Byggnads

Swedish Building Workers' Union
Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet
Founded	1 January 1949
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Location	Sweden
Members	80,472 (2019)
Key people	Lars Hildingsson,[1] president
Affiliations	LO, IFBWW
Website	www.byggnads.se

The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union merged with the labourers' section of the Swedish Factory Workers' Union, the plumbers' section of the Swedish Metalworkers' Union and the construction workers' section of the Swedish Road Workers' Union. Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.^[2][3]

On formation, the union had 107,373 members. In 1961, it was joined by the Swedish Bricklayers' Union, and the union's membership peaked at 156,462 in 1964. In 1970, part of the Swedish Stone Workers' Union joined, followed in 1973 by the Swedish Divers' Union, and in 2000 by the Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union. Despite these mergers, by 2019, the union's membership had dropped to 80,472, slightly over half its strength compared to the union's mid-1960s heydays.^[2]

Presidents

1949: John Grevin

1952: Knut Johansson

1975: Börje Jönsson

1977: Bertil Whinberg

1991: Åke Wänman

1993: Ove Bengtsberg

2002: Hans Tilly

2012: Johan Lindholm

2024: Lars Hildingsson^[1]