- CEO
- Hanne Karoline Kræmer
- Full Time Employees
- 1,025
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Major banks
- Address
- Storgata 65 Tromsø Norway 9008
- IPO Date
- May 2, 1994
- Business
- SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge, a leading regional savings bank in Northern Norway, provides comprehensive financial services including payments, savings accounts, loans, insurance, pensions, debit and credit cards, bank guarantees, letters of credit, foreign currency accounts, factoring, lease financing, cash management, and real estate brokerage through subsidiaries such as SpareBank 1 Regnskapshuset Nord-Norge, SpareBank 1 Finans Nord-Norge, and Eiendomsmegler 1 Nord-Norge; it operates via Retail Market and Corporate Market segments targeting private individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, and institutional clients with a focus on sectors like aquaculture, fishing, tourism, and high-tech. Founded in 1836 through the establishment of Tromsø Sparebank and subsequent mergers—including key consolidations in the 1960s-1980s and 1988-1992 to form the current entity—the bank maintains its headquarters in Tromsø and serves approximately 270,000 retail and 40,000 corporate customers across 38 offices in 36 municipalities in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, and Svalbard, plus digital channels. As a founding member of the SpareBank 1 alliance with a 19.5% ownership stake, it benefits from shared product offerings and recently holds a 14.5% share in SpareBank 1 Markets following its 2025 expansion into a Nordic investment bank via partnership with Swedbank, incorporating corporate finance, high-yield debt, equity research, and sales services. In 2024, the bank executed major organizational changes effective January 2025, streamlining from seven to six business units and executive management positions to enhance execution in business and risk management, customer value, and development efficiency; launched the GENI simplification project targeting cost control through 2027 by replacing only 80% of turnover and adopted new core values of genuine, close, and simple; and reported record profitability with a 21.8% return on equity, driven by strong net interest income, alliance contributions including a MNOK 452 gain from the Fremtind-Eika merger, and a MNOK 176 accounting gain from liquidating its pension fund ahead of transfer to SpareBank 1 Insurance.