• The proportion of female members elected to the boards of Swedish limited companies by shareholders’ meetings remains steady at 36 per cent, showing no significant change compared with the previous year.

• For large companies, the proportion of women is 39.8 per cent, unchanged from the previous year.

• The proportion of female employee representatives on boards is 27.5 per cent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the previous year. For large companies, however, the proportion of female employee representatives on boards increased by 0.3 percentage points to 25.3 per cent.

• Of newly elected board members, 43.6 per cent are women, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from the previous year.

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