The Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers was a trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...

.

It was founded in 1923 as the Norwegian Union of Building Workers . It was a merger between some smaller unions as well as parts of the Norwegian Union of General Workers

Norwegian Union of General Workers

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. When it was merged with Norsk Høvleriarbeiderforbund (established 1911) in 1949, it changed its name to the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers. In 1961 it absorbed Norsk Stenindustriarbeiderforbund (established 1896) and in 1976 it absorbed Norsk Murerforbund.

Chairmen include Elias Volan

Elias Volan

Elias Karelius Johansen Volan was a Norwegian trade unionist.He was born in Inderøy as a son of crofter Johan Berent Johannessen Volvollan and Lise Eliasdatter Kjærbo. He attended Sund Folk High School from 1903 to 1904, but spent the rest of his youth as a worker. In 1908 he became chairman of...

 (1923–1927), Jens Tangen

Jens Tangen

-Career:Tangen chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Building Workers from 1935, having been deputy chairman from 1933 to 1934. In 1940 he was a central member of Fagopposisjonen av 1940 , for which he chaired the executive committee...

 (1935–1940).

In 1988 it was merged with the Norwegian Union of Clothing Workers

Norwegian Union of Clothing Workers

The Norwegian Union of Clothing Workers was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.It was founded in 1892 as Norsk Skredderforbund, and changed its name to Norsk Bekledningsarbeiderforbund. In 1969 it was merged with Norsk...

, the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers

Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers

The Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.It was founded in 1891...

, the Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers

Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers

The Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.It was founded in 1913....

 and the Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers

Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers

The Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.It was founded in 1927 after the Julussa Conflict, and experienced the Randsfjord Conflict from 1930 to 1935...

 to form the United Federation of Trade Unions

United Federation of Trade Unions

The United Federation of Trade Unions is a trade union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in Norway.It is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions...

. It had about 63,000 members before the merger.