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25-06-27 Press release

Updated statistics on gender balance on the boards of listed companies, June 2025

The Swedish Corporate Governance Board has presented updated annual statistics on gender balance on the boards of Swedish listed companies as of June 26, 2025.

  • The proportion of women among shareholder-elected board members in all Swedish listed companies was 36.5 per cent, which is a slight increase from the previous year.
  • Among large companies, the proportion of women among shareholder-elected board members was 41.5 per cent, up from 39.8 per cent the previous year.
  • Within the group of employee representatives on the boards of listed companies, the proportion of women was 29.7 per cent, a significant increase of 2.2 percentage points from the previous year.
  • The proportion of women among newly elected board members was 37.9 per cent.

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