Nominations for Board of Directors of Swedbank 2008

Nominations for Board of Directors of Swedbank 2008

March 12, 2008


Swedbank's Nomination Committee has recommended Helle Kruse Nielsen as a new
member of Swedbank's Board of Directors. The Nomination Committee proposes the
re-election of Chair Carl Eric Stålberg and Board members Gail Buyske, Simon F.D
Ellis, Ulrika Francke, Berith Hägglund-Marcus, Göran Johnsson and Anders Nyblom.
Caroline Sundewall has declined re election.

“We are pleased to nominate Helle Kruse Nielsen as a new member of the Board,”
says Lorentz Andersson, Chair of the Nomination Committee. “We are convinced
that her international competence in the consumer and retail sector e.g. from
the Baltic and Russian markets will be a valuable asset for Swedbank.”

Helle Kruse Nielsen from Denmark is since a few years employed full-time as a
board member for Vin & Sprit AB, Oriflame AB and Aker BioMarine ASA, among
others. She has previously worked for 15 years for the U.S. consumer product
company Mars as Head of the European division “Food” and previously as President
in its Scandinavian subsidiary. Helle Kruse Nielsen has a Bachelor of Science
from the Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

The Annual General Meeting 2008 of Swedbank AB will be held at Cirkus in
Stockholm at 12.00 on April 25, 2008.


The Nomination Committee is composed of the following members:

Ulf Christoffersson	Representative of the savings banks and the Swedish Savings
Banks Association 

Annika Andersson	         Representative of the Fourth Swedish Pension Fund

Lorentz Andersson 	         Representative of Sparbanksstiftelsernas
Förvaltningsaktiebolag and savings bank foundations

Sarah McPhee	         Representative of AMF Pension and AMF Pension
Fondförvaltning AB

Carl Eric Stålberg	         Chair of the Board of Swedbank






For further information: 
Lorentz Andersson, Chair of the Nomination Committee, mobile +46 70 556 36 21
Carl Eric Stålberg, Chair of the Board, +46 8 585 912 96


Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets
where we are present. Swedbank has 9 million retail customers and 600,000
corporate customers with more than 459 branches in Sweden, 300 branches in the
Baltic countries and another 190 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present
in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Marbella, Moscow, New York,
Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2007 the group had
total assets of SEK 1,600 billion and approximately 22,000 employees. For more
information about Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.