Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the labour movement that, through industrial unionism, seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes, with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of production and the economy at large through social ownership. Developed in French labor unions during the late 19th century, syndicalist movements were most predominant amongst the socialist movement during the interwar period that preceded the outbreak of World War II.
Svenska Dagbladet, abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
Aftonbladet is a Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
The Swedish Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth Federation, is a youth-based group in Sweden that supports independent working class struggle.
The Central Organisation of Swedish Workers is a Swedish syndicalist trade union federation. The SAC organises people from all occupations and industries in one single federation, including the unemployed, students, and the retired. The SAC also publishes the weekly newspaper Arbetaren, owns the publishing house Federativ and runs the unemployment fund Sveriges Arbetares Arbetslöshetskassa (SAAK).
Computerworld is an ongoing decades-old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website and as a digital magazine.
Dagens industri (Di) is a financial newspaper in tabloid format published in Stockholm, Sweden.
Moa Martinson, born Helga Maria Swarts sometimes spelt Swartz, was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of the working class, and also the personal development of women. Her works were about motherhood, love, poverty, politics, religion, urbanization and the hard living conditions of the working-class woman.
Anarchism in Sweden first grew out of the nascent social democratic movement during the later 19th century, with a specifically libertarian socialist tendency emerging from a split in the movement. As with the movements in Germany and the Netherlands, Swedish anarchism had a strong syndicalist tendency, which culminated in the establishment of the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (SAC) following an aborted general strike. The modern movement emerged during the late 20th century, growing within a number of countercultural movements before the revival of anarcho-syndicalism during the 1990s.
Elise Ottesen-Jensen, also known as Ottar, was a Norwegian-Swedish sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator, whose main mission was to fight for women's rights to understand and control their own body and sexuality. She was a member of the Swedish anarcho-syndicalist union Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden. Her followers consider her a pioneer in the field of women's rights and feminism.
Britta Gröndahl (1914–2002) was a Swedish writer, French language teacher, editor, translator, and anarcho-syndicalist.
The Norwegian Syndicalist Federation is an anarcho-syndicalist group in Norway. Established in the 1910s, the NSF worked within existing Norwegian trade unions in order to radicalise them towards revolutionary syndicalism. It was a founding member of the International Workers' Association (IWA) and historically maintained close connections with the Central Organisation of Swedish Workers (SAC). The NSF was politically repressed during the German occupation of Norway and, in the wake of World War II, experienced a dramatic decline. In the 1970s, the organisation was reconstituted as a propaganda group and continued its activities into the 21st century, with a much smaller membership.
The Syndicalist Workers' Federation was a Swedish anarcho-syndicalist trade union centre from 1928 to 1938.
Gabriel Kuhn is a political writer and translator based in Sweden.
Björn Söderberg was a Swedish union active syndicalist who was murdered in Sätra, Stockholm on 12 October 1999.
Harry Järv was a Finland Swedish librarian, author and translator. He was a lieutenant ranked veteran of World War II. By his political views Järv was an anarcho-syndicalist.
Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Swedish author, journalist, and debater. Her works have sparked debate in subjects regarding transgender issues, prostitution, surrogacy, and capitalism. She identifies as a feminist and has written a book and several articles from a gender-critical perspective, leading to accusations of being trans-exclusionary. She participated in the Swedish launch of Women's Declaration International. Until 2022 she wrote for Dagens ETC, but she was let go amid controversy in 2022. Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of Arbetaren, but let go shortly afterwards, which generated extensive debate. Currently, she is the editor-in-chief of Parabol Press and contributes to a number of other Swedish publications. The awards she received include the Robespierre Prize in 2010 and Lenin Award in 2020.
Folke Ivar Valter Fridell was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school and syndicalist.
John (Johan) Sandgren was a Swedish syndicalist active in Sweden and the United States. He was editor of The One Big Union Monthly and The Industrial Pioneer, publications of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Helmut Rüdiger (1903–1966) was a German-Swedish journalist and anarcho-syndicalist activist. Born in Saxony, he became involved with the anarchist movement after the German Revolution of 1918–1919, becoming a leading member of the Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD). During the 1930s, he moved to Spain, where he participated in the Spanish Revolution of 1936. After the defeat of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, he fled to Sweden, where he became a leading member of the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden and an influential figure in the "revisionist" tendency of anarcho-syndicalism. He died in Spain in 1966, while trying to make contact with members of the anarchist underground.
