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The union was formed on 1 January 2008, when the [[Swedish Union of Commercial Salaried Employees]] merged with the [[Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry]].<ref>Kjellberg, Anders (2008) [http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=1144977&fileOId=1144984 ''Ett nytt fackligt landskap bland tjänstemännen: Unionen och Sveriges Ingenjörer''] ''Tam-Revy'' no 1 2008, pp. 4-21</ref> Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the [[Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees]]. Unionen is the biggest trade union in [[Sweden]] and the biggest white-collar union in the world.<ref>{{cite web | title=The TCO Unions | work=TCO | url=http://www.tco.se/Templates/Page2____2590.aspx | access-date=2011-12-04}}</ref> In 2014, it was joined by the Pharmacy Union, and in 2019 by the Association of Forestal, and Agricultural Employees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SLF och Unionen går samman |url=https://kollega.se/unionen/slf-och-unionen-gar-samman |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=kollega.se |language=sv}}</ref> The union had 403,623 members on formation, and grew to 566,331 members by 2019.<ref name="kjellberg">{{cite book |last1=Kjellberg |first1=Anders |title=The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century |date=2017 |publisher=Lund University |isbn=9172673109 |pages=151&ndash;153}}</ref>