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Portrait Anders Kjellberg november 2022. Photo: Emma Lord.

Anders Kjellberg

Professor Emeritus

Portrait Anders Kjellberg november 2022. Photo: Emma Lord.

Changes in union density in the Nordic countries: a presentation

Author

  • Anders Kjellberg

Summary, in English

The aim is to explain: (1) Why union density (the share of employees affiliated to trade unions) is so high in the Nordic countries: 50-70%, in Iceland about 90%, (2) Why the rate of unionization (union density) varies between the Nordic countries, and (3) Why union density in the last 25-35 years has declined considerably in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, but not at all or only modestly in Iceland and Norway.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2024-10-24

Language

English

Document type

Conference - other

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • union density
  • wage formation
  • Nordic countries
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Sweden
  • collective agreement
  • blue-collar worker
  • white-collar union
  • Ghent system
  • unemployment insurance
  • income insurance
  • Nordic model
  • Swedish model
  • labour market model
  • employers' associations
  • immigrant worker
  • business cycle
  • tax reduction
  • working life criminality
  • directly affiliated to union unemployment fund
  • union package
  • union membership
  • rate of unionization
  • Nordregio
  • Sociology
  • yellow union
  • fixed-term job
  • foreign-born
  • self regulation
  • state regulation
  • extension of collective agreements

Conference name

Wage formation in the Nordic Countries

Conference date

2024-10-24 - 2024-10-24

Conference place

Stockholm, Sweden

Status

Published

Project

  • Trade Unions in Europe (27 EU countries)
  • Den svenska modellen: fack, arbetsgivare och kollektivavtal