Changes in Swedbank's Swedish management

Press Release 25 August 2008

Changes in Swedbank's Swedish management

Anders Ekedahl has been named a new member of Swedbank's Swedish bank management
and at the same time is taking over responsibility for the cooperation with
Sweden's savings banks. He succeeds Göran Theodorsson, who is retiring.

”Good relationships with Sweden's savings banks are of the utmost importance to
our cooperation and our business. Anders Ekedahl has broad-based experience and
personal qualities that make him very well-suited for his new role. I am
therefore very pleased that he has decided to accept this position,” says Kjell
Hedman, Executive Deputy President and Head of Swedish Banking for Swedbank.  

Anders Ekedahl, who takes over his new position on September 1, has been head of
corporate banking for Swedbank since 2005.  


For further information, please contact:
Kjell Hedman, Executive Deputy President and Head of Swedish Banking,telephone:
+46-8-585 912 21
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, telephone: +46-70-321 39 95 




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.