From the hotel business to the confectionery industry

My parents started working at the Port Pension (Hamnpensionatet) in Kivik in the late 1930s. In 1949, they began to rent Vik’s Hotel themselves in Rörum and did so until 1962. In 1954, they also bought Hotel Hanöbris in Kivik, which they run parallel to Vik’s Hotel. In 1962, we extended Hanöbris and held a big opening party.

At that time, a single room cost 19,50 SEK per night and a double room …