Ingrid Wiik and Annette Brodin Rampe are recommended for election as new directors. Today's chair, Lars Wilhelm Grøholt, is recommended for re-election. The present deputy chair, Egil Myklebust, is not standing for re-election, and the election committee has recommended Øivind Lund as the new deputy chair.

 

If the election committee's recommendations are accepted, Norske Skog's shareholder-elected directors will be:

 

Lars Wilhelm Grøholt, chair
Director since 2001, chair since 2002. Forest owner.

 

Øivind Lund, deputy chair
Director since 2000. National head for Turkey, ABB.

 

Gisèle Marchand
Director since 2002. Managing director, Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

 

Halvor Bjørken
Director since 2000. Chair, Forest Owners' Association North.

 

Ingrid Wiik
New. President and CEO, Alpharma Inc, New York.

 

Annette Brodin Rampe
New. Senior vice president, Sydkraft AB, Stockholm.

 

In addition, the employees have nominated the following candidates:

Kåre Leira
Stein-Roar Eriksen
Jarle Halvorsen

 

The directors will be elected by the corporate assembly, which is due to meet on 14 April immediately after the company's annual general meeting.

 

Norske Skog
Corporate communications

 

Further information from:

 

Hanne Aaberg, senior vice president corporate communications

tel:  +47 67 59 90 29

mobile: +47 91 35 16 81

 

Ivar Korsbakken, chair, corporate assembly

tel +47 23 00 07 51

mob: +47 90 03 64 71