World Bank Governor
Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson represents Sweden on the World Bank Board of Governors, the Bank’s senior decision-making body. The governors, usually ministers of finance or development, meet twice a year. They have the power to admit and suspend members of the World Bank Group, increase or decrease the authorized capital stock, determine the distribution of the net income of the Bank, and decide on the World Bank Group’s overall strategic direction. Isabella Lövin, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation, serves as alternate governor.
World Bank Executive Director
The governor delegates responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day business of Sweden’s interests at the Bank to the executive director (ED) for Sweden. EDs reside in Washington and normally meet twice a week to decide on borrowing and financial questions, projects, and policies that affect World Bank Group general operations. Sus Ulbæk (Denmark) is the ED representing Sweden and the Nordic-Baltic constituency on the 25-member World Bank Board of Executive Directors, and Martin Põder (Estonia) is the alternate executive director.
Sweden’s representation on the Boards of IBRD, IFC, IDA and MIGA is shared with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway.
Shares and Voting Power
The World Bank Group has a weighted system of voting. All members of the Bank receive votes consisting of share votes (one vote for each share of the Bank's capital stock held by the member) plus basic votes (calculated so that the sum of all basic votes is equal to 5.55% of the sum of basic votes and share votes for all members). The voting power distribution differs from agency to agency within the World Bank Group.
For the latest voting status, please visit the Voting Powers page.
For information on Sweden’s aid flows as a donor, please visit the Aid Flows Sweden page.
Last Updated: Jul 04, 2017