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{{Short description|Trade union confederation in Finland}}
{{Infobox organization
|name         = Akava
|location_country= [[Finland]]
|affiliation  = [[International Trade Union Confederation|ITUC]], [[Council of Nordic Trade Unions|NFS]], [[ETUC]], [[TUAC]]
|members      = 611,000 (2021)
|full_name    = Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland
|native_name  = Finnish: Korkeakoulutettujen työmarkkinakeskusjärjestö Akava; Swedish: Centralorganisationen för högutbildade i Finland Akava
|image        =
|founded      = 1950
|dissolved    =
|merged       =
|headquarters = [[Helsinki]], Finland
|key_people   = [[Maria Löfgren]], president
|website      = {{Official URL}}
|footnotes    =
}}
The '''Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland'''<ref>Previously named ''Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland''</ref> ('''Akava''') is a [[trade union]] confederation in [[Finland]] representings employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has 36 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 611,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Affiliates |url=https://akava.fi/en/affiliates/ |website=Akava |access-date=11 February 2022 |date=8 March 2021}}</ref>
Akava is a [[central organization]] i.e. the individual members are not personally members of Akava but of a [[trade union]] which is a member of Akava. Akava has 36 member unions, the largest of which are the [[Trade Union of Education in Finland]] (OAJ), the [[Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers]] (TEK), the [[Union of Professional Engineers in Finland]] (UIL), the [[Finnish Association of Business School Graduates]], [[Union of Sales and Marketing Professionals]] and {{ill|Tradenomiliitto|fi}}.  The [[Finnish Police Union]] (SJPL) is also affiliated.
On November 14, 2022 Maria Löfgren was elected as President of Akava.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-14 |title=Maria Löfgren appointed as new President of Akava |url=https://akava.fi/en/general-en/maria-lofgren-appointed-as-new-president-of-akava/ |access-date=2023-09-18}}</ref>
Akava is affiliated with the [[European Trade Union Confederation]] and [[Eurocadres]] .
Akava is one of the three central organizations representing Finnish employees, the other two being the [[Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees]] (STTK) and the [[Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions]] (SAK).
==References==
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==External links==
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