--- title: "Gunnar Hedfors - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Gunnar Hedfors: International Council Member 1972-73 From reports of the 1947 IVU Congress, held in Stonehouse, England: photo right: Mr G. Hedfors (at the 1947 Congress) ..." url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4311-members-council-gunnar-hedfors.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:13:07+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Gunnar Hedfors **Gunnar Hedfors** International Council Member 1972-73 ![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc47/mr-hedfors.jpg)From reports of the 1947 IVU Congress, held in Stonehouse, England: > *photo right: Mr G. Hedfors (at the 1947 Congress)* > > ... Brief speeches were made by the overseas delegates ... Mr. G. Hedfors (Sweden), . . . > > ... An informal discussion on matters of general interest was held on the College lawn when Mr. G. HEDFORS (Sweden) spoke on the organization of youth movements, ... **First American Vegetarian Convention, Wisconsin, USA, August 21-27, 1949** > Gunnar Hedfors explained in easy, happy style the development of his Swedish youth and sports movement, and showed colour films of it that ought to be seen soon in this country. ![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/world-forum/1949aurora3.jpg) **OFFICIALS AND EUROPEAN VISITORS** Agroup of the Convention officials with the Europeans present . . . Mrs. Joan Hedfors, Mr. Gunnar Hedfors, (*front row 4th & 3rd from the right*) . . . \[The Vegetarian World Forum - No. 4 Vol. 3 - WINTER 1949\] *- we have no further mention of Mr. Hedfors until his involvement with the 1973 IVU Congress:* **International Council Meeting at Roso Hotel, Ronneby Brunn, Rlakinge, SWEDEN, on 22nd and 23rd April 1972.** > Present: Council Members - . . . Herr G Hedfors (Vice Pres.I.V.U.) co-opted. . . . . **22nd World Vegetarian Congress 1973**, **Ronneby Brunn, Sweden** > . . . speakers included . . . Gunnar Hedfors (Sweden) > > Official Delegates . . . Sweden . . . Mr Gunnar Hedfors Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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