Oxenøen,Sweden, 01 April 2009 -- Norske Skog will be holding its annual general meeting on 23 April 2009 at 1100 hours at the Vika Kino in Oslo.

The general meeting elects the shareholders' representatives to the corporate assembly and the corporate assembly elects the shareholder-elected members of the board of Norske Skog.

As previously announced, the board of Norske Skog has recommended that dividend for 2008 not be disbursed. CEO Christian Rynning-Tønnesen has notified the board that a united corporate management refrains from salary increases in 2009.