Sigvard Nyström

Sigvard Nyström (13 August 1916 – 1994) was a Swedish trade union leader and anti-fascist.

Born in Stockholm, he found work as a lift attendant in a warehouse for the SARA restaurant, where he joined the Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (HRF). He also became active in the Swedish Social Democratic Party.

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. He began working full-time for the HRF, becoming its general secretary in 1950, and from 1962 to 1965 editing its journal. He died in 1994.