Timo Peltola, Vice-Chairman of the Board of TeliaSonera

Press Release
April 8, 2010


Timo Peltola, Vice-Chairman of the Board of TeliaSonera 

Timo Peltola was elected Vice-Chairman of the board at the board meeting on
April 7, 2010.

Timo Peltola, born 1946, was elected to the Board of Directors in 2004. Mr
Peltola is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Neste Oil Oyj, member of
the boards of Nordea Bank AB, SAS AB and AW-Energy Oy. He is also a member of
the Advisory Boards of CVC Capital Partners and Sveafastigheter AB and advisor
to CapMan Public Market Fund. Mr. Peltola served as President and CEO of
Huhtamäki Oyj between 1989 and 2004. Mr. Peltola holds a Doctor degree in
Economics hc.

The board also decided to elect the following persons to the Audit committee:

Maija-Liisa Friman (Chairman)
Anders Narvinger
Conny Karlsson
Jon Risfelt

The board further decided to elect the following persons to the Remuneration
committee:

Anders Narvinger (Chairman)
Timo Peltola
Lars Renström
Per-Arne Sandström

At the Annual General meeting on April 7, 2010, Maija-Liisa Friman, Conny
Karlsson, Timo Peltola, Lars Renström and Jon Risfelt were re-elected as
ordinary members of the board. Ingrid Jonasson Blank, Anders Narvinger and
Per-Arne Sandström were elected as a new ordinary members. Anders Narvinger was
elected as Chairman of the Board.

TeliaSonera AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish
Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act. The
information was submitted for publication at 3.15 p.m CET on April 8 2010.

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TeliaSonera provides network access and telecommunication services in the Nordic
and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and
Turkey, and in Spain. TeliaSonera is also the leading European wholesale
provider of quality cross-border voice, IP and capacity services, with a
wholly-owned international carrier network. TeliaSonera's services help people
and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly
way. TeliaSonera creates value by focusing on providing world-class customer
experience, securing quality in networks and achieving a best-in-class cost
structure. In 2009, TeliaSonera's net sales amounted to SEK 109 billion, and at
the end of December 2009 the total number of subscriptions was 147 million in 20
countries. The TeliaSonera share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.teliasonera.com