August Lindberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

August Lindberg

Swedish trade unionist

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1885

Place of Birth: Älvkarleby congregation, Uppsala County, Sweden

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1966

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

August Lindberg (6 September 1885, Älvkarleby, Uppsala County – 15 July 1966, Stockholm) was a Swedish trade union organizer.
He was a sawmill worker by profession, and belonged to the Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union (Swedish: Svenska sågverksindustriarbetarförbundet, SSIAF).
Lindberg was chairman of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Swedish: Landsorganisationen i Sverige, LO) from 1936-1947.
He was also a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetarparti, SAP).Lindberg was a proponent of cooperation between the LO and the Swedish Employers Association (Swedish: Svenska arbetsgivareföreningen, SAF), which resulted in the signing of the Saltsjöbaden Agreement in 1938.