title: Swedish Stone Workers' Union
text: # Swedish Stone Workers' Union
  
  The Swedish Stone Workers' Union (Swedish: Svenska Stenindustriarbetareförbundet, Sten) was a trade union representing stonemasons and related workers in Sweden.
  
  The union was founded in 1897, as the Swedish branch of the Scandinavian Stonemasons' Union. In 1898, it became independent, and established headquarters in Lysekil. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and grew rapidly, having 5,870 members by 1908. It reached a peak membership of 11,516 in 1930, and then steadily declined. By 1969, it had only 2,939 members. The following year, it was dissolved, with the majority of members transferring to the Swedish Factory Workers' Union, while a minority who worked in the construction industry instead joined the Swedish Building Workers' Union.
  
  