Hans Gunnar Fredrik Hallström (5 January 1910 – 29 June 1989) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

trade unionist and politician. Hallström joined the

Swedish Social Democratic Youth League The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League ( sv, Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund ; SSU) is a branch of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in Sweden. The president has been Lisa Nåbo, since ...

in 1927, remaining active in it until 1936. He then became leader of the

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

branch of the

Swedish Municipal Workers' Union The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Kommunalarbetareförbundet), is the largest trade union in Sweden with 570 000 members as of 2005, it was created 1910. It is commonly referred to as ''Kommunal'' ("''Municipal''"). The union ...

(Kommunal), and was elected to the city council. In 1948, he was elected as president of Kommunal, serving until 1973, also serving on the committee of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. In 1964, he was also elected as president of the

Public Services International Public Services International (PSI) is the global union federation for workers in public services, including those who work in social services, health care, municipal services, central government and public utilities. , PSI has 700 affiliated ...

. He retired in 1973.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hallström, Gunnar 1910 births 1989 deaths Politicians from Malmö Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Swedish trade unionists