Exhibit
12.2


Certifications




I, Staffan Hultgren, certify
that:




1.        
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Stena
AB;




2.         Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;




3.          Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;




4.         
The company’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the company and have:




(a) Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;




(b) Designed such internal control
over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in Sweden and the USA;




(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of
the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and




(d) Disclosed in this report any
change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over
financial reporting.




5.The company’s other certifying officers
and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of
the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):




(a) All significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and




(b) Any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the company’s internal control over financial
reporting.






November 3, 2008




/s/Staffan
      HultgrenStaffan
      HultgrenPrincipal Financial
      Officer