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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-099212
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180328
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180328
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180328

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ERICSSON LM TELEPHONE CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000717826
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			V7
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-12033
		FILM NUMBER:		18718104

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TORSHAMNSGATAN 21 - 23
		CITY:			STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
		STATE:			V7
		ZIP:			164 83
		BUSINESS PHONE:		46107190000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		S 164 83 STOCKHOLM
		CITY:			SWEDEN
		STATE:			V7
		ZIP:			0000

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LM ERICSSON TELEPHONE CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19911030
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF
FOREIGN ISSUER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>March&nbsp;28, 2018 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">000-12033</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LM ERICSSON
TELEPHONE COMPANY </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">SE-164</FONT> 83, Stockholm, Sweden </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;</FONT><B></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by
Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is
submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Announcement of LM Ericsson Telephone Company, March&nbsp;28, 2018 regarding &#147;Ericsson&#146;s Annual General Meeting 2018&#148;. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ NINA MACPHERSON</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson&#146;s (NASDAQ:ERIC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on March&nbsp;28, 2018 in Kista/Stockholm. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Dividend </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The proposed dividend of SEK 1 per share was
approved by the AGM. The record day for dividend was set to Tuesday, April&nbsp;3, 2018. Payment from Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to take place on Friday, April&nbsp;6, 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Adoption of the Profit and Loss Statements and the Balance Sheets </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AGM resolved to adopt the Profit and Loss Statement and the Balance Sheet for the Parent Company as well as the Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement and
the Consolidated Balance Sheet for the Group for 2017. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Discharge from liability </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The members of the Board of Directors and the Presidents were discharged from liability for the fiscal year 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Board of Directors </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AGM elected Board members in
accordance with the proposal of the Nomination Committee. Ronnie Leten was elected new Chairman of the Board. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Jan Carlson, Eric A. Elzvik, Nora Denzel, B&ouml;rje Ekholm, Kristin S. Rinne, Helena Stjernholm och Jacob Wallenberg
were <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-elected</FONT> to the Board. Kurt Jofs and Ronnie Leten were elected new Board members. Leif Johansson, Kristin Skogen Lund and Sukhinder Singh Cassidy left the Board in connection with the AGM. It was also
noted that the unions have appointed Torbj&ouml;rn Nyman, Kjell-&Aring;ke Soting and Roger Svensson employee representatives in the Board with Tomas Lundh, Anders Ripa and Loredana Roslund as deputies. The employee representative Karin &Aring;berg
left the Board in connection with the AGM. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Board of Directors&#146; Fees </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AGM resolved on fees to the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Nomination Committee&#146;s proposal. Unchanged yearly fee to the Chairman of the
Board of SEK 4,075,000, and unchanged fees to other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> members of the Board, elected by the AGM, of SEK 990,000 each. Fees for Committee work to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT>
members of the Committees, elected by the AGM, were approved as follows (unchanged): SEK 350,000 to the Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and SEK 250,000 to each of the other members of the Audit and Compliance Committee, SEK 200,000 to
each of the Chairmen of the Finance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Technology and Science Committee, and SEK 175,000 to each of the other members of the Finance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Technology and Science
Committee.<B> </B> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AGM approved the Nomination Committee&#146;s proposal to enable payment of part of the fees to the
members of the Board for the Board assignment, in the form of synthetic shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Auditor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AGM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-elected</FONT> PricewaterhouseCoopers AB auditor for the period up until the end of the AGM 2019. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Guidelines for remuneration to Group Management </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
accordance with the Board of Directors&#146; proposal, the AGM resolved to approve the guidelines for remuneration to Group Management.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Long-Term
Variable Compensation Program (LTV) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the Board of Directors&#146; proposals, the AGM resolved on implementation of LTV 2018 for the
members of the Executive Team (currently 14 individuals), comprising a maximum of 3&nbsp;million <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-shares</FONT> in Ericsson. Awards of &#147;Performance Share Awards&#148; will be granted free of charge entitling
the participant to receive a number of shares, free of charge, following the expiration of a three-year period, provided that certain performance conditions are met and that the participant retains his or her employment. The performance conditions
are based on TSR (total shareholder return) development during a three-year period (absolute <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">TSR-development</FONT> and relative <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">TSR-development)</FONT> and a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> group operating income target for 2018. All targets have a three-year vesting period. The Company has approximately 3.3&nbsp;billion shares in issue. The 3&nbsp;million B shares covered by LTV 2018
correspond to approximately 0.1&nbsp;percent of the total number of outstanding shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer of treasury stock for previously resolved LTV
programs </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors&#146; proposal on transfer of approximately 15&nbsp;million
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-aktier</FONT> on Nasdaq Stockholm prior to the AGM 2019 to cover certain expenses, mainly social security charges, which may occur in relation to previously resolved and ongoing LTV programs, LTV 2014, LTV 2015,
LTV 2016 och LTV 2017. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOTES TO EDITORS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For media kits,
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