Norwegian Graphical Union
# Norwegian Graphical Union

The Norwegian Graphical Union (Norwegian: Norsk Grafisk Forbund, NGF) was a trade union representing workers in the printing industry and related trades, in Norway.

## History

The union was founded in 1967, when the Norwegian Union of Typographers merged with the Norwegian Union of Bookbinders and Cardboard Workers, and the Norwegian Lithographers' and Chemographers' Union. It affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. By 1996, it had 14,210 members, and by 2005, it had declined to 12,200, of whom, almost half were retired.

In 2006, the union merged into the United Federation of Trade Unions.

## Presidents

    1967: Roald Halvorsen
    1967: Arne Li
    1971: Reidar Langås
    1974: Arild Kalvik
    1983: Kjell Christoffersen
    1991: Finn Erik Thoresen
    2001: Roger Andersen
    2005: Anders Skattkjær
