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Fokus Bank

Logo: Danske Bank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Danske Bank, formerly named Fokus Bank, is the Norwegian operations of the Danish Danske Bank. It has long been one of the largest banks in Scandinavia. Danske Bank has 41 local branches spread around all of Norway.2 It was founded in 1859.1 It is headquartered in Trondheim.1 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1859Founded1

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Danske Bank, formerly named Fokus Bank, is the Norwegian operations of the Danish Danske Bank. It has long been one of the largest banks in Scandinavia.2

Corporate structure

Fokus Bank is part of a group headed by Danske Bank. 25 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Danske Bank København V, Denmark
    • Danica Pension Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
    • Fokus Bank Trondheim
    • Northern Bank Belfast, United Kingdom
      • NORTHERN BANK PENSION TRUST LIMITED Subsidiary · Belfast, United Kingdom
    • Realkredit Danmark København V, Denmark
    • Danske Bank Ireland Subsidiary · Dublin
    • Danske Bank, Finland Branch Subsidiary · Helsinki, Finland
    • Matas Subsidiary · Allerød, Denmark
    • Östgöta Enskilda Bank Subsidiary
    • Danske Bank Norway Subsidiary · Norway
    • Danske Hypotek AB (publ) Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
    • DANSKE IT AND SUPPORT SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • KREDITFORENINGEN DANMARKS PENSIONSAFVIKLINGSKASSE Subsidiary · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • PENSIONSKASSEN FOR DIREKTORER I NOGLE MED SPAREKASSEN BIKUBEN FUSIONEREDE SPAREKASSER Subsidiary · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • PENSIONSKASSEN FOR FUNKTIONAERER ANSAT I ROSKILDE SPAREKASSE (AFVIKLINGSKASSE) Subsidiary · Roskilde, Denmark
    • DANSKE INVEST 2 Fund · København V, Denmark
    • Global Fixed Income Solution Fund · København V, Denmark
    • NORGE VEKST Fund · København V, Denmark
    • NORSK LIKVIDITET Fund · København V, Denmark
    • NORSK LIKVIDITET PLUSS Fund · København V, Denmark
    • NORSK OBLIGASJON Fund · København V, Denmark
    • NORSKE AKSJER Fund · København V, Denmark

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The banks that made up Danske Bank were all incorporated between 1868 and 1932.

Danske Bank is the result of merge between of all together seven regional banks in Norway and was noted on Oslo Stock Exchange. The merger was between Buskerudbanken, Bøndernes Bank, Forretningsbanken, Vestlandsbanken in 1987 and with Tromsbanken (1990), Rogalandsbanken (1991) and Samvirkebanken (1993). In 1999 it was acquired by Danske Bank, and became part of the Danske Bank Corporation on May 7, 1999.

From Wikipedia’s article on Danske Bank (Norway), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1859Founded Founded1

Sources

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