Sigvard Nyström (13 August 1916 – 1994) was a Swedish trade union leader and anti-fascist.
[1] In 1944, Nyström was seconded to work as a driver for the Swedish embassy in Berlin, chosen due to his anti-fascist views.
After World War II, he worked on the country's humanitarian aid programme, only returning to Sweden in 1947.
[1] Nyström was elected as president of the HRF in 1968, and also joined the executive body of the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Workers' Trade Group of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF), becoming its chair in 1971.
[1] As president of the IUF, Nyström focused on expanding membership to unions in poorer countries.