Humanistiska föreningen vid Stockholms universitet

Name

Humanistiska föreningen vid Stockholms universitet

Legal name

Humanistiska föreningen vid Stockholms universitet

Website

https://humf.su.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual membership fees collected through Stockholms universitets studentkår (SUS). Members receive dual membership in both the student union and HumF. Revenue supports activities, events, and facility maintenance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Humanistiska föreningen (HumF) is a non-profit student faculty association at Stockholm University that provides membership-based access to social, cultural, and academic activities for humanities students. Its core offering centers on the historic Gula villan venue, which hosts study spaces, a weekly Wednesday pub, formal dinners (sittningar), a choir (HumHum), book clubs, and various traditions. The association also administers scholarships, the annual Ugglepriset honor, and sells branded merchandise.

Product overview

Humanistiska föreningen vid Stockholms universitet (HumF) is a student faculty association offering membership-based services centered around its historic venue, Gula villan. The core offering is membership access to social activities including weekly Wednesday pubs, formal dinners (sittningar), a choir (HumHum), book clubs in Swedish and English, and study spaces. The association also administers scholarships, the Ugglepriset honor, and sells merchandise. Gula villan serves as both the operational hub and rentable venue for these activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HumHum: The choir of Humanistiska föreningen, open to members who enjoy singing. Performs at formal dinners and student events, singing everything from classical songs and ballads to ABBA and modern arrangements.
• The Nest
• KlubbNästeriet

Products and services

• HumF Membership Membership in the Humanities Faculty Club providing access to pubs, parties, study spaces, formal dinners, choir, book clubs, and other student activities at Gula villan. Members are bundled with Stockholms universitets studentkår (SUS) membership via the Mecenat card.
• Gula villan (Study Space and Venue) The association's premises at Svante Arrhenius väg 33, serving as a study space with wifi, piano, and social areas, as well as a venue for pubs, dinners, and events. Open Monday-Thursday 10:00-16:00 for members.
• Onsdagspub (Wednesday Pub) Weekly pub events held every Wednesday at Gula villan from 17:00-23:00, featuring drinks, food, and social activities for members.
• HumHum Choir The Humanities Faculty Club's choir open to members who enjoy singing, performing classical songs, ABBA, and modern arrangements at parties and student events.
• Book Club (Bokcirkel) Two book clubs - one in Swedish and one in English - meeting at Gula villan with study circle discussions on various literary works.
• Sittningar (Formal Dinners) Traditional student dinners with three-course meals and singing, including Recentiorsmiddagen (welcome dinner), Födelsedagsmiddagen (birthday dinner), Valborgslunchen, Hasselbacksfesten, Seniorsmiddagen, and Ugglemiddagen.
• Profilprodukter (Merchandise) Association merchandise including tote bags (75 kr), thermos mugs (150 kr), songbooks (85 kr), badges (50 kr), rosette bands (40 kr), and pins (35 kr) available for purchase at Gula villan.
• Gula villan Venue Rental Rental of Gula villan as an event venue for external parties, subject to rental terms and conditions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 110 years of continuous operation and tradition

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Naturvetenskapliga föreningen (NF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister faculty club at Stockholm University. The two associations have a historic partnership and have co-celebrated major anniversaries together, including their 100-year celebration in 2014 and 110-year celebration in 2024. They shared facilities in Gula villan until 2005.
• Studentkåren DISKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent union at Stockholm University - partner in the student community ecosystem
• Humanistiska föreningen vid Åbo AkademicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister organization at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. Part of the network of Nordic humanities student associations.
• Humanistiska och teologiska studentkåren (HTS), LundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization at Lund University, Sweden. Part of the Nordic humanities student network.
• Stockholms universitets studentkår (SUS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe student union of Stockholm University. HumF has a joint membership agreement with SUS since HT15, where students receive dual membership. SUS manages the membership card system (Mecenat) that provides HumF membership.
• Studentråd vid Humanistiska fakultetencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent councils from the various humanities departments at Stockholm University collaborate with HumF on academic and cultural activities.
• Institutioner vid Stockholms universitets humanistiska fakultetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic departments at Stockholm University's Faculty of Humanities collaborate with HumF for events, lectures, and student activities. Examples include pre-parties (förpubar), lectures, and kick-off events.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves14 records

Regional players

• Humanistiska föreningen vid Uppsala universitet: Humanities student association at Uppsala University. The most direct Nordic analogue outside Stockholm: humanities-only Swedish faculty association with overlapping traditions of formal dinners, pubs and academic awards.
• Humanistiska och teologiska studentkåren (HTS) vid Lunds universitet: Humanities and theology student union at Lund University in Sweden. Closest direct analogue outside Stockholm — a Swedish humanities student body with which HumF has a documented partnership in the Nordic humanities network.
• Humanistiska föreningen vid Åbo Akademi: Sister humanities student association at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. Listed by HumF as a 'core' strategic partner and part of the Nordic humanities-student network, sharing traditions of formal dinners, choirs and pubs.
• Studentkåren DISK: Student union at Stockholm University with which HumF has a partnership. Comparable as a student-membership organization operating on the same campus under the SU ecosystem, though serving a different disciplinary constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Stockholms universitets studentkår (SUS): The overarching student union at Stockholm University and HumF's flagship distribution partner via the joint membership and Mecenat card arrangement. Covers all SU students rather than just humanities, making it the broader umbrella comparable.

Direct peers

• Juridiska föreningen i Lund: Law student association at Lund University. Operates the same Swedish university faculty-club model as HumF — recurring membership, pub operations and sittningar — providing a peer benchmark for unit economics and governance.
• Naturvetenskapliga föreningen vid Stockholms universitet (NF): Sister faculty club at Stockholm University for natural-science students. Directly comparable as a 110-year-old student organization with the same membership, governance and venue model, and a flagship strategic partner of HumF.
• Juridiska föreningen vid Stockholms universitet: Law faculty club at Stockholm University and one of the other five faculty clubs alongside HumF. Comparable in structure (elected board, membership fees, pub and sittning traditions) and serves as the natural cross-faculty reference point.
• Samhällsvetenskapliga studentföreningen vid Stockholms universitet: Social-sciences faculty club at Stockholm University, which spun out from HumF in 1964. Operates the same kind of student-association model with membership, pub events and formal dinners, serving a parallel segment at the same university.
• Teknologiska föreningen vid KTH: Faculty association for engineering students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Same Swedish student-association archetype as HumF — elected board, subscription membership, pub and formal-dinner culture — but serving the engineering segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/humhum_su
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/humanistiska-f%C3%B6reningen

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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