{{Infobox company | name = Danske Bank | logo = Danske Bank Logo.svg | logo_size = 230px | type = Private | foundation = 1859 | location = Trondheim, Norway | key_people = Trond F. Mellingsæter (CEO) | area_served = Norway | industry = Financial services | products = | revenue = NOK 1,970 million (2005) | operating_income = | net_income = {{profit}} NOK 622 million (2005) | num_employees = Approximately 1,000 (2011) | parent = Danske Bank | homepage = {{url|https://danskebank.no}} }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legal500.com/gc-powerlist/norway-teams-2018/danske-bank-norge/|title = Danske Bank Norge - Legal 500}}</ref> The main office is in Trondheim and the bank employs approximately 1,000 workers. The bank has 210,000 private customers and 15,000 business customers.
The bank has two subsidiaries: * [http://www.danskecapital.com Danske Capital AS] manages money market, obligation and mutual funds with the brand name [http://www.danskeinvest.no Danske Invest]. * The real estate agent Fokus Krogsveen AS, branded as Krogsveen.
==History== 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.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-13 |date=1999-05-07 |language=no |surname=Finansdepartementet |title=Den Danske Bank gis tillatelse til oppkjøp av Fokus Bank ASA |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokument/dep/fin/anbud-konsesjoner-og-brev/konsesjoner/den-danske-bank-gis-tillatelse-til-oppkj/id90658/ |work=006061-110196}}<!-- auto-translated from Danish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-13 |archivedate=2021-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020140821/https://www.danskebank.com/en-uk/press/News/Pages/capr19990507.aspx |date=1999-05-07 |language=en |title=Press release: Offer to purchase all outstanding shares in Fokus Bank ASA |url=https://www.danskebank.com/en-uk/press/News/Pages/capr19990507.aspx |url-status=dead |work=Danske Bank}}<!-- auto-translated from Danish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==External links== {{Portal|Banks}} *{{Official website|http://www.danskebank.no/}}
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Category:Banks of Norway Category:Companies formerly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Category:Companies based in Trondheim Category:Banks established in 1859 Norway Category:Norwegian companies established in 1859
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