Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union

HRF
Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union
Hotell och Restaurang Facket
Founded31 March 1918
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Location
Members26,562
Key people
Ella Niia, president
AffiliationsLO, IUF
Websitewww.hrf.net

The Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (HRF) is a trade union in Sweden.

History

The union was founded on 31 March 1918 in Gothenburg as the Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Personnel Union, bringing together local unions from Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Stockholm. It originally had 2,498, a total which fluctuated over the next 15 years. In 1932, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, and membership grew steadily, reaching a peak of 59,681 in 1999. Since then, it fell rapidly, and in 2019 membership stood at 26,562.[1][2][3]

Presidents

1950: Arne Axelsson
1968: Sigvard Nyström
1978: Hans Billström
1988: Seine Svensk
1990s: Birgitta Kihlberg
2005: Ella Niia
2014: Therese Guovelin
2016: Malin Ackholt

References

  1. ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. pp. 109–111. ISBN 9172673109.
  2. ^ ICTUR (2005). Trade Unions of the World, 6th Edition. London, United Kingdom: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
  3. ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 626–630. ISBN 0333771125.


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