Apr 30, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Sveaskog's Annual General Meeting approved a dividend payment of SEK 486 million ($68 million), which equates to SEK 4.11 ($0.6) per share, company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. The following Board members were re-elected during the AGM: Göran Persson (Chairman), Eva Färnstrand, Thomas Hahn, Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, Anna-Stina Nordmark Nilsson and Mats G Ringesten. Marianne Förander, Deputy Director at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Carina Håkansson, CEO Dala Kraft and Elisabeth Nilsson, CEO Jernkontoret, were elected to the Board as new members. "In 2009, our turnover decreased by 17% whereas profits increased by 24%. I see it as a strength that Sveaskog can handle such violent swings in the market and achieve such a good result," says Gunnar Olofsson, CEO for Sveaskog. Sveaskog is Sweden's largest forest owner and leading supplier of timber, pulpwood and biofuel.