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
Founded2 September 1984 (1984-09-02)
HeadquartersStockholm
Members
1,447 (2018)[1]
AffiliationsTCO
Websitewww.symf.se

References
  1. Kjellberg, Anders (2017). "The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century" (PDF). Lund University. p. 375. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. "Agreement". SYMF - SVERIGES YRKESMUSIKERFÖRBUN (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 October 2019.


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