Before 1920, Swedish paper industry workers were organised in Sågverksarbetareförbundet (the Sawmill Workers' Union) and Grov- och fabriksarbetareförbundet (the General and Factory Workers' Union). But on 21 June 1920, at a constituent congress, they formed their own union. The organisation acquired premises in Gävle and G.O. Strand was elected as its first representative. From 1921, it published the magazine Pappersindustriarbetaren (Paper Industry Worker), which ceased publication in 1935 and was replaced by the cartel magazine SIA. The union moved to Stockholm in 1928 and continues to operate as an independent union.
