SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer

Persuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Report on Form 6-K dated ~~June~~August 2028, 2006

Swedish Match AB

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

Rosenlundsgatan 36

S-118 85 Stockholm, Sweden

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form ~~40-F.)~~

40-F.)

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

(Indicate by check whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby ~~furnishing the~~

furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of ~~1934.)~~

1934.)

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~~Enclosure: Swedish~~2(b);82- ) ~~Match launches EUR 300 mln Eurobond issue~~

Enclosure: Swedish Match Extraordinary shareholders meeting

SIGNATURES

Persuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Swedish Match AB
Date: June 20, 2006	By: /s/ Bertil Raihle
Date: August 28. 2006	By:	/s/ Bertil Raihle
	~~Bertil Raihle~~	Bertil Raihle
	~~Vice President Corporate Control~~	Vice President Corporate Control

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Stockholmsbörsen: SWMA

PRESS RELEASE

2028 ~~June~~August, 2006

~~Swedish Match~~Stockholmsbörsen: ~~launches~~SWMA ~~EUR 300 mln Eurobond issue~~

~~The 7-year EUR 300 million bond of~~ Swedish Match ABBoard (publ), rated Baa1 (stable) from Moody’s and A- (stable) from Standard & Poor’s, is now priced and launched under the Company’s EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) program. Due 28 June 2013, the bond pays a fixed coupon of ~~4.625%~~Directors ~~and~~Calls ~~has~~for aExtraordinary ~~reoffer~~Shareholders ~~price~~Meeting ~~of 99.894 to give a spread of 60 basis points over the 7-year mid-swap.~~

~~Joint~~The ~~Bookrunners~~Board ~~for~~of ~~this~~Directors ~~transaction~~of ~~were~~Swedish Match ~~ABN~~has ~~AMRO~~decided NVto call an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on December 4th 2006. The meeting will be held at the Company’s headquarters in Stockholm. At the shareholders meeting it is proposed that a decision will be made to reduce the share capital by cancelling 20,596,181 repurchased shares equivalent to 6.9 percent of the number of shares of Swedish Match and ~~SEB~~to ~~Merchant~~restore ~~Banking~~the share capital through a bonus issue without issuing new shares.

~~Swedish~~It ~~Match~~will isfurther abe ~~unique~~proposed ~~company~~that ~~with its range of market-leading brands in~~ the ~~product~~Board ~~areas~~ of Directors ~~snuff,~~gets ~~cigars,~~a ~~pipe~~renewed ~~tobacco~~mandate ~~and~~to ~~chewing~~repurchase ~~tobacco~~shares –from ~~tobacco’s~~the ~~niche~~extraordinary ~~products~~meeting ~~– as well as matches and lighters. The Group’s global operations generated sales~~ of ~~13,295MSEK for~~ the ~~twelve~~shareholders ~~month~~until ~~period~~the ~~ending~~next ~~March 31,~~Annual ~~2006.~~General ~~Swedish~~Meeting ~~Match~~in ~~shares~~April ~~are listed on Stockholmsbörsen (SWMA)~~2007.

Additional items, if any, will be described in the formal notice of the agenda for the meeting which will be published no later than November 6^th, 2006.

Swedish Match is a unique company with its range of market-leading brands in the product areas of snuff, cigars, pipe tobacco and chewing tobacco – tobacco’s niche products – as well as matches and lighters. The Group’s global operations generated sales of 13,153 MSEK for the twelve month period ending June 30, 2006. Swedish Match shares are listed on Stockholmsbörsen (SWMA).

Swedish Match AB (publ), SE-118 85 Stockholm

Visiting address: Rosenlundsgatan 36, Telephone: +46 8 658 02 00

Corporate Identity Number: 556015-0756

www.swedishmatch.com

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