Swedish Union of Professional Musicians

The Swedish Union of Professional Musicians (Swedish: Sveriges Yrkesmusikerförbund - SYMF) is a trade union that will organise professional singers and musicians. The union emerged as a split from the Swedish Musicians' Union (SMF) in the mid-1980's to solely represent musicians with employment contracts (as opposed to freelance musicians).^[1] SYMF and SMF jointly negotiate a national collective agreement with the Swedish employers' group, Swedish Performing Arts, which covers wages, insurance, copyright and pensions.^[1][2]

Swedish Union of Professional Musicians

Sveriges Yrkesmusikerförbund
Founded	2 September 1984; 41 years ago (1984-09-02)
Headquarters	Stockholm
Members	1,447 (2018)[1]
Affiliations	TCO
Website	www.symf.se