Saltsjöbaden Agreement

The agreement of Saltsjöbaden (Swedish: saltsjöbadsavtalet ) from December 20, 1938 between the Swedish trade union confederation LO ( Landsorganisationen i Sverige ) and the Swedish Employers' Confederation (SAF Svenska Arbetsgivareföreningen today: Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Svenskt Näringsliv ) presented the relationship between employers and employees in Sweden on a new basis.

The previous decades was regarded Sweden as the country's conflicts and strikes. It was the country with most labor disputes in Europe; suffered a situation under which many economically. With the power of the Social Democrats in 1932 should change this. The government forced trade unions and employers to negotiate constructively. The two associations agreed tariff questions relating to common agreement and thus to prevent the intervention of the policy. In agreement Saltsjöbaden was decided not only on wages, but also for example about the age of retirement or health and safety issues.

The agreement laid the foundation for the central collective bargaining under the auspices of the two associations; an arrangement that until the 80 years was subject and industrial relations in Sweden and sustainable coined the Swedish labor market pacified.

• Swedish History ( 20th century)
• Domestic policy (Sweden)
• Legal History (Sweden)
• Nacka municipality