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Norwegian bank
Cultura Sparebank, branded as Cultura Bank, is a Norwegian savings bank in the ethical banking movement that uses its assets on ethical investments. The bank has offices in Oslo and has total assets of NOK 657 million (2014). Cultura's roots date back to an initiative from 1982 from a group of Norwegian anthroposophists including Sophus Clausen and economics professor Leif Holbæk-Hanssen, that sought to establish an ethical bank.2 It employed 17 people in 2016.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Cultura Sparebank, branded as Cultura Bank, is a Norwegian savings bank in the ethical banking movement that uses its assets on ethical investments. The bank has offices in Oslo and has total assets of NOK 657 million (2014).2
The bank can trace its roots back to 1986 when Cultura Lånesamvirke was established to promote ethical banking. Through the 1980s and 1990s the bank has merged with a number of domestic lending foundations and funds and was in 1997 made a savings bank.
The bank has issued grunnfondsbevis, but is one of two savings banks in Norway who haven't listed them on Oslo Stock Exchange.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cultura Sparebank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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