Johan Gernandt appointed new Chairman of the General Council of the Riksbank

At today’s inaugural meeting of the General Council, Johan Gernandt was ap-pointed Chairman. Leif Pagrotsky was appointed Vice Chairman. The General Council of the Riksbank consists of 11 members and 11 deputies, all of whom are elected by the Riksdag.

The members of the General Council are:
Johan Gernandt, Chairman
Leif Pagrotsky, Vice Chairman
Sinikka Bohlin
Peter Egardt
Susanne Eberstein
Bo Bernhardsson
Elizabeth Nyström
Anders Flanking
Karin Pilsäter
Kjell Nordström
Ebba Lindsö

Deputies are:
Odd Eiken
Barbro Holmberg
Carin Lundberg
Stephan Tolstoy
Fredrik Olovsson
Lena Sommestad
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
Håkan Larsson
Johan Pehrson
Tommy Waidelich
Per Landgren

The General Council fixed a schedule at today’s meeting for their meetings up to and including 24 August 2007. The dates for the meetings in 2006 are shown below. The other dates can be found in the Calendar on the Riksbank’s website, www.riksbank.se.

Date
16-11-2006, time 3 p.m., meeting of the General Council
15-12-2006, time 1 p.m., meeting of the General Council