Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union

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.

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