Swedbank is ranked as the most attractive employer in the financial sector

Press Release March 27th, 2009 

Swedbank is ranked as the most attractive employer in the financial sector 

According to the annual student survey, Företagsbarometern, Swedbank is the most
attractive Swedish bank to work for.  The results of the survey were presented
yesterday and according to finance and economics students, Swedbank is the sixth
most attractive employer in Sweden. 


”I am delighted to announce that Swedbank is still top rated in Universum's
survey of most attractive employers. We have over 20,000 employees across the
world. Therefore it is vital that our way of working is attractive to our future
employees. It is also positive feedback of our daily customer facing work and
networks at colleges and universities across the country”, says Michael Wolf,
President and CEO of Swedbank.

The survey of the most attractive employers is conducted by Universum
Communications and includes feedback from students across Sweden's various
universities and colleges. 
For further information:
Peter Magnusson, Head of Group Human Resource, Swedbank, phone:+46 8 5859 3298
Anna Sundblad, Press Officer, Swedbank, phone: +46 70-321 39 95



Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets
where we are present. Swedbank has 9.4 million retail customers and 600,000
corporate customers with 419 branches in Sweden, 278 branches in the Baltic
countries and another 215 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in
Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai,
St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK
1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. For more information about
Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.