Fredrik Wirdenius leaves Skanska to become Managing Director of AP Fastigheter

Fredrik Wirdenius leaves Skanska to become Managing Director of AP Fastigheter

Fredrik Wirdenius, currently President of Skanska Commercial Development Nordic,
has been named Managing Director of AP Fastigheter, one of Sweden's largest real
estate companies. Consequently, after 19 years with Skanska, he will leave the
company this autumn.

Recruitment of a successor is under way and Claes Larsson, Executive Vice
President at Skanska, will serve as Acting President of Skanska Commercial
Development Nordic (CDN) until further notice. Claes Larsson will continue to
serve on the Group Senior Executive Team, with responsibility for Skanska's
commercial development operations in the Nordic region and Europe as well as
construction activities in Poland. He served as President of Skanska CDN until
September 2006. 

Skanska Commercial Development Nordic initiates and develops real estate
projects involving offices, logistics facilities and retail centers. Office
operations focus on the three large metropolitan regions in Sweden, the
Copenhagen region of Denmark and Helsinki, Finland. The development of logistics
facilities and retail centers is conducted in strategic locations in Sweden,
Denmark and Finland. Skanska Commercial Development Nordic Region is divided
into three regional companies: Gothenburg, Stockholm and Öresund.


For further information please contact:

Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 88 38. 
Direct line for media: tel +46 8 753 88 99


This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com

This is the type of information that Skanska AB may be obligated to disclose in
accordance with the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act
and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. 

Skanska is one of the world's leading construction groups with expertise in
construction, development of commercial and residential projects and
public-private partnerships. The Group currently has 56,000 employees in
selected home markets in Europe, in the US and Latin America. Headquartered in
Stockholm, Sweden and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Skanska's sales in
2006 totaled USD 17 billion.