MEETING BETWEEN CITY AND NATURE THE THEME OF GLOBAL PHOTO CONTEST ORGANISED BY SWECO AND MATTIAS KLUM

MEETING BETWEEN CITY AND NATURE THE THEME OF GLOBAL PHOTO CONTEST ORGANISED BY
SWECO AND MATTIAS KLUM

Sweco and Tierra Grande invite photographers from around the world to take part
in the “City and Nature” photo contest to be held in connection with the World
Expo in Shanghai. The winners will receive a trip to China and participation in
a photo workshop led by Mattias Klum in the Swedish pavilion - which is
decorated with his own nature photos in giant format. 


The theme of the 2010 World Expo, “Better cities, better life”, is about how to
achieve a better, safer and more sustainable urban life in the world's
fast-growing cities. Sweco has designed the Swedish pavilion, whose exterior
walls show pictures of urban environments. The inner facades between the
buildings feature a dense spruce forest in the form of Mattias Klum's photos
printed on enormous canvases.
	
Through the photo contest, the organisers hope to create an awareness of
environmental issues in an urban environment. 

“The challenge in the contest is to create an inspiring picture that shows how
the city and nature interact and contribute to each other's development. We need
innovative and creative people to build a sustainable society, which is also one
of the underlying ideas for our design of the pavilion,” says Rebecka Gunner,
Head of Communication at Sweco Sweden. 

The jury consists of Mattias Klum, Professor Bob Lee from Konstfack (University
College of Arts, Crafts and Design), Annika Rembe, Sweden's Commissioner General
for Expo 2010, and Eva Nygren, President of Sweco Sweden. 

Participants register at www.tierragrande.se/photocontest and may submit entries
between 1 May and 24 June. The prize ceremony will be held in the Swedish
pavilion on 16 September. The five winning entries will then have the chance to
take part in a photo workshop together with Mattias Klum, where one assignment
will be to document the Swedish pavilion. Selected contest entries and pictures
from the photo workshop will also be exhibited at the Museum of Architecture in
Stockholm during November.

For additional information contact: 
Rebecka Gunner, Head of Communication, Sweco Sweden, +46 734 - 12 66 75
Lennart Engelhardt, President of Mattias Klum Ab, +46 18 - 14 28 00 


Tierra Grande is a communications and change company created by Mattias Klum.
Tierra Grande has a mission to inspire and encourage people to take actions
towards building a more sustainable society.  

Sweco is an international consulting group with combined expertise in
engineering, environmental technology and architecture. Sweco has 5,200
employees and recorded annual sales of more than SEK 5.3 billion in 2009. The
company has projects currently underway in some 90 countries worldwide. Sweco is
listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB. The information contained herein may be
subject to the disclosure requirements in the Swedish Securities Exchange and
Clearing Operations Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.