DnB NOR asa
Type	Public (OSE: DNBNOR)
Founded	1822
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Key people	Rune Bjerke, CEO Olav Hytta, Chairman
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Products	Financial Services
Revenue	28.4 billion NOK (2006) [1]
Employees	11,824
Website	www.dnbnor.com

DnB NOR (OSE: DNBNOR) is Norway's largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1.8 billion. The Group includes brands such as DnB NOR, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DnB NORD and Carlson. DnB NOR's head office is located in Oslo. Image File history File links Dnb_logo. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange (Norwegian: Oslo Børs) serves as the main market for trading in shares of Norwegian companies. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... County District Østlandet Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... “Chief executive” redirects here. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Finance and Insurance is an industry group that mainly handles the transfer of paper and money, financial assets. These include: Accounting, Asset Management, Electronic Communications Networks, Financial Services Regulatory Agencies, Investment Banking Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Lending, Outsourced Financial Products & Services Marketing, Securities Brokers & Traders, Stock Exchanges, Trade Facilitation, and... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange (Norwegian: Oslo Børs) serves as the main market for trading in shares of Norwegian companies. ... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation 2. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... Vital Forsikring, branded as Vital is Norways largest life insurance and pension insurance company, and part of the DnB NOR Group. ... Nordlandsbanken is a Norwegian bank serving the County of Nordland. ... Cresco is a Norwegian finance company that offers credit cards and consumer finance. ... Postbanken (lit. ... DnB NORD is a European bank group in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. ... County District Østlandet Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ...

The two largest owners of DnB NOR are the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (34.0%) and Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR (10.95%). The latter was created as a foundation with the sole purpose of owning part of the company. It was created when Gjensidige NOR was made a public limited company to insure that the companies' customers retained partial ownership of the company. The foundation also can give up to 25% of its received dividend as gifts to charity. The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norwegian: Nærings- og handelsdepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. ... Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR is a Norwegian foundation with the purpose of owning part of the financial services company DnB NOR. As of 2006 the foundation owned 10. ... Stiftelse, the Norwegian Foundation is an independent juridical entity that has assets at its disposal, given by will, gift, or other juridical disposition to the foundation for a given purpose; that might be for idealistic, humanitarian, cultureal, social, educational, economic or other purpose. ... Gjensidige NOR was a Norwegian bank and insurance company that was in exsistence between 1999 and 2003. ... The initials PLC after a UK or Irish company name indicate that it is a public limited company, a type of limited company whose shares may be offered for sale to the public. ... It has been suggested that ex-dividend date be merged into this article or section. ...

Operations

In Norway DnB NOR Bank has bank offices throughout the country. Though both Postbanken and Nordlandsbanken are part of the company, they retain their own brands and offices. Postbanken offers its services through the post offices while Nordlandsbanken has its offices exclusively in the county of Nordland. A brand includes a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ... Posten is the name of the Norwegian postal service. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... // For other uses, see Nordland (disambiguation). ...

The DnB NOR Bank Group is the largest enitity in the DnB NOR Group and Norway's largest bank, offering services to the corporate, retail and securities markets and the public sector. Domestically, the group has an investment bank DnB NOR Markets, the finance company Cresco,the insurance company Vital who is a provider of life insurance products and pension savings, the real estate agency DnB NOR Eiendom and DnB NOR Asset Management, who operates as a fund manager for institutional clients in Norway and Sweden.

The group's activities are primarily focused on Norway; however, it is one of the world's foremost shipping banks and a major international player in the energy sector. It has an international network of 13 branches and representative offices, including Helsinki (Finland), Copenhagen (Denmark), Hamburg (Germany), Luxemburg, London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Shanghai (China) and Singapore. The company also has multiple offices in Sweden. Damaged package The Panama canal. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - City manager Jussi Pajunen Area  - City 187. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... Luxembourg - a small country in west Europe Luxembourg (city) - the capital city of the country Luxembourg (district) - a district in the country Luxembourg, province of Belgium Luxemburg, Iowa - a city in the USA Luxemburg, Wisconsin - a village in the USA Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France Luxemburg Township, Minnesota - a township in... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ...

In Denmark, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania DnB NOR markets itself as DnB NORD in a joint venture with the German bank Norddeutsche Landesbank with DnB NOR owning 51%. DnB NORD is a European bank group in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. ... NORD/LB head office in Hanover The NORD/LB (abbreviation for Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale) is a bank in Germany. ...

History

The history of the group goes back to 1822 with the establishment of Christiania Sparebank. The present corporation consists of mergers between Christiania Sparebank (1822), Gjensidige (1847), Bergens Privatbank (1855), Den norske Creditbank (1857), Fellesbanken (1920), Bergens Kreditbank (1928), Postbanken, Vital and Nordlandsbanken. The current name stems from 2003, when the two banks Den norske Bank (DnB) and Gjensidige NOR merged in 2003. 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Gjensidige is a Norwegian insurance company organised as a savings bank. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Den norske Creditbank or DnC is a defunct Norwegian commercial bank created in 1857. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Fellesbanken was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1920 and 1985 with offices in Oslo. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Postbanken (lit. ... Vital Forsikring, branded as Vital is Norways largest life insurance and pension insurance company, and part of the DnB NOR Group. ... Nordlandsbanken is a Norwegian bank serving the County of Nordland. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Den norske Bank or DnB was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1990 and 2003 when it merged with Gjensidige NOR to form the present DnB NOR. The bank had its headquarters in Bergen, Norway. ... Gjensidige NOR was a Norwegian bank and insurance company that was in exsistence between 1999 and 2003. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Investors relations

DnB NOR has the largest customer base in the Norwegian financial market and is a leader in most domestic market segments.In Norway, DnB NOR has more than 2.2 million retail customers and more than 198 000 corporate clients. DnB NOR has the country’s most extensive distribution network for financial services and is represented in more than 200 locations. This market position provides a sound basis for generating further growth by developing and strengthening customer relationships.

In addition to maintaining its strong position in Norway, the Group aspires to expand its presence in international markets and increase the share of income from international operations. DnB NOR's strategy is to expand its presence in international markets within industries and product areas where the Group has built up expertise over several years. It is also important to accomany Norwegian customers establishing operations outside Norway.

See also

• List of oldest companies

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External links

• DnB NOR corporate site
• DnB NOR banking site (Norwegian)

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