Annual General Meeting of Nordea on April 24, 2003


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 20, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Board of Directors of Nordea AB (publ) (Other OTC:NRDAF) (Stockholm:NDA) has today summoned its shareholders to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 14.00 Swedish time in Aula Magna, Stockholm University, with the possibility for shareholders to participate in the meeting via telecommunication at 14.00 Danish time at Bella Center in Copenhagen and at 15.00 Finnish time at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki.

The notice convening the Annual General Meeting is published in Dagens Nyheter, Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, Svenska Dagbladet, Berlingske Tidende, Jyllands-Posten, Statstidende, Helsingin Sanomat and Hufvudstadsbladet, and is available on Nordea's website, www.nordea.com.

For further information:

Erik Evren, Head of Group Media Relations, +46 8 614 8611

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