Akademikerne – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations


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Akademikerne – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations Danish: Akademikerne was founded in 1972 and a national trade union center for 25 Danish trade unions.

Akademikerne (AC)

Akademikerne – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations

Akademikerne (AC)

Founded1972
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
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Members

480,000 (2023)[1]

Key people

President Lisbeth Lintz
(MD, specialized in geriatrics and internal medicine)[1]
AffiliationsITUC, ETUC, TUAC, NFS
Websiteac.dk

Akademikerne has a membership of 418,000[1] and cooperates with the other Danish trade union centre, the Danish Trade Union Confederation (FH).

Members of the 25 trade unions of Akademikerne are typically employees with a higher education, i.e. a master's degree or a postgraduate education. Members of Akademikerne are e.g. lawyers, librarians, psychologists, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, high school teachers, medical doctors etc.

Akademikerne is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS).

  1. ^ a b c "Front page". akademikerne.dk (in Danish). Akademikerne. Retrieved 7 December 2023.