1956 but sold off 49.9 percent to Norwegian media company Schibsted on 2 May 1996. The number of member unions have been reduced by mergers. Most recently the Forest and Wood Workers' Union and the Graphic Workers' Union merged into the single union GS Union on 1 June 2009. Affiliates Current affiliates Former affiliates List of chairmen Fredrik Sterky, 1898–1900 Herman Lindqvist, 1900–1920 Arvid Thorberg, 1920–1930 Edvard Johanson, 1930–1936 Albert Forslund, February–September 1936 August Lindberg, 1936–1947 Axel Strand, 1947–1956 Arne Geijer, 1956–1973 Gunnar Nilsson, 1973–1983 Stig Malm, 1983–1993 Bertil Jonsson, 1994–2000 Wanja Lundby-Wedin, 2000—2012 Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, 2012–2020 Susanna Gideonsson, 2020–present See also Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish LO) Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (Norwegian LO) Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (SACO) Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (SAC, Swedish trade union not connected to LO) Rehn–Meidner Model References Labour movement in Sweden International Trade Union Confederation European Trade Union Confederation Swedish Social Democratic Party 1898 establishments in Sweden Trade unions established in 1898 Organizations based in Stockholm