The Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations is a confederation of 26 independent professional associations in Sweden

Sweden

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. It gathers some 556,000 members, all of whom are academics or graduate professionals with a university or college degree

Academic degree

An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...

. The members include economists, lawyers, architects, graduate engineers, doctors, scientists, teachers and many others. The organization does not form affiliations with political parties.

Associations

1. Association of Architects (Sveriges Arkitekter)
2. Association of Graduate Engineers (Sveriges Ingenjörer)
3. Association of Graduates in Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (Agrifack)
4. Association of Graduates in Business Administration and Economics (Civilekonomerna)
5. Association of Graduates in Documentation, Information and Culture (DIK-förbundet)
6. Association of Graduates in Forestry (Skogsakademikerna)
7. Association of Graduates in Law, Economics and Personnel Management (Jusek)
8. Association of Graduates in Public Administration and Social Work (Akademikerförbundet SSR)
9. Association of Head Teachers and Directors of Education (Sveriges Skolledarförbund)
10. Association of Military Officers (Officersförbundet)
11. Association of Military Officers in the Reserve (Sveriges Reservofficersförbund)
12. Association of Occupational Therapists (Förbundet Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter)
13. Association of Registered Physiotherapists (Legitimerade sjukgymnasters Riksförbund)
14. Association of Scientists (Naturvetareförbundet)
15. Association of University Teachers (Sveriges Universitetslärarförbund)
16. Association of Church of Sweden Employees (Kyrkans Akademikerförbund)
17. National Union of Teachers in Sweden (Lärarnas Riksförbund)
18. SRAT (associations of professional employees)
19. SACO Association for Traffic and Railway (SACO-förbundet Trafik och Järnväg)
20. Swedish Dental Association
    Swedish Dental Association
    The Swedish Dental Association is the main odontological organization in Sweden. It deals with issues affecting the role of dentists, professional ethics, education and science....
    
     (Sveriges Tandläkarförbund)
21. Swedish Medical Association (Sveriges Läkarförbund)
22. Swedish Pharmaceutical Association (Sveriges Farmacevtförbund)
23. Swedish Psychological Association (Sveriges Psykologförbund)
24. Swedish Ship Officers' Association (Sveriges Fartygsbefälsförening)
25. Swedish Veterinary Association (Sveriges Veterinärförbund)

See also

• Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services (PTK)
• Swedish Public Employees' Negotiation Council (OFR)
• Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
  Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
  The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation for eighteen trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qualified employees within both the private and the public sectors...
  
  (TCO)