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.
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