As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2003



                                    FORM 6-K

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer
                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          For the month of August 2003



                                    TELE2 AB
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                                  Skeppsbron 18
                                    Box 2094
                                S103 13 Stockholm
                                     Sweden
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

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

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contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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                                                           For Immediate Release
                                                          Tuesday 26 August 2003



TELE2 LAUNCHES ITS FIFTH GSM NETWORK IN RUSSIA

New York and Stockholm - Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Nasdaq Stock Market: TLTOA and
TLTOB and Stockholmsborsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative
pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has launched a
GSM-network in Omsk, its fifth in Russia under the Tele2 brand.

The population covered by the GSM-license in Omsk is two million and the
region's mobile penetration is approximately 13%. Tele2 is the third mobile
operator to launch GSM-services in the region. As in Irkutsk, Rostov, St
Petersburg and Kemerovo, the GSM-network in Omsk was launched based on the
GSM1800 standard, having similar coverage per base station as the GSM900
standard by using a phased array antenna solution from Radio Components.

Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, CEO of Tele2 said; "The GSM-launch in Omsk follows on
from our successful launches in Irkutsk, Rostov, St Petersburg and Kemerovo. The
Russian mobile market offers substantial growth potential for Tele2 and we are
very satisfied with our progress thus far."

Tele2 AB, formed in 1993, is the leading alternative pan-European
telecommunications company offering fixed and mobile telephony, data network and
Internet services under the brands Tele2, Tango and Comviq to over 18.7 million
people in 22 countries. Tele2 operates Datametrix, which specializes in systems
integration, 3C Communications, providing integrated credit card processing, web
payment solutions and public payphones; Transac, providing billing and
transaction processing service; C(3), offering co-branded pre-paid calling cards
and Optimal Telecom, the price-guaranteed residential router device. The Group
offers cable television services and, together with MTG, owns the Internet
portal Everyday.com. The Company is listed on the Stockholmsborsen, under TEL2A
and TEL2B, and on the Nasdaq Stock Market under TLTOA and TLTOB.

CONTACTS

Lars-Johan Jarnheimer               Telephone:  + 46 8 562 640 00
President and CEO, Tele2 AB

Dwayne Taylor/Andrew Best           Telephone:  + 44 20 7321 5022
Investor enquiries


Visit us at our homepage: http://www.Tele2.com

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant 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.



TELE2 AB



By:  /s/ Hakan Zadler
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Date:    August 26, 2003