S.A.C in Värmland : A syndicalistic union in the forest of Värmland

This study intends to examine the syndicalistic union SAC who broke away from the reformist union LO in 1910. The district of Värmland is still a rather undiscovered area of research, even though it was one of the strongholds in Sweden. The emergence of the organization and its agitation in this area during 1922 - 1939 will be investigated, as well as the subjects that were discussed and debated in the organization. The mission of these districts was to implement the agitation and expand the movement. The districts worked as a hub for the LS that were the local sections of the SAC. The study is mainly based on protocols that were written during annual conferences that were arranged in the district. During these conferences agitation was planned and they also debated important topics. To do this a qualitative content analysis has been used. The protocols have been fully read and the relevance of the content had been categorised to describe the agitation and the syndicalistic discourse of this period. The results of this study shows that the organisation in Värmland grew in the beginning of the 1920s to stay steady around 2000 members, except for a period in the late 1920s when there was a temporary decrease. The organization also went from being scattered in all sorts of industries to become restricted to the forest industry by the LO. The hegemony of the social-democrats also weakened the syndicalists and led to a splintering of views in SAC, where some wanted to continue as before, and others wanted to approach the social-democrats