- CEO
- Jan Erik Kjerpeseth
- Full Time Employees
- 840
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- Jonsvollsgaten 2 Bergen Norway 5011
- IPO Date
- Oct 8, 2012
- Business
- Sparebanken Norge (ticker: SBNOR), formerly Sparebanken Vest, is an independent listed financial services group founded in 1823 and headquartered in Bergen, Norway, that provides comprehensive banking and financing services primarily to retail and corporate customers across Norway, with a strong presence in Vestland, Rogaland, and other regions. The company operates through key segments including Retail Market, Corporate Market, Bulder Bank (a fully digital mortgage and daily banking provider), Treasury, and Estate Agency Activities; it offers core products such as mortgages (including energy efficiency loans), personal and business loans, deposit accounts, payment cards, online banking, leasing and sales financing via Brage Finans AS, securities trading and investment banking through Norne Securities AS, a full range of property and casualty and life insurance products via Frende Holding AS (67.18% owned), asset management through Frende Kapitalforvaltning AS, real estate brokerage services via Eiendomsmegler Norge AS, and covered bonds through Sparebanken Norge Boligkreditt AS. Significant recent developments include the completion of its merger with Sparebanken Sør in May 2025 to form Norway's largest savings bank serving approximately 797,500 customers with gross loans of NOK 453 billion, a subsequent merger with Oslofjord Sparebank finalized in December 2025 that increased ownership capital by NOK 91.8 million, a strategic partnership with Tietoevry announced in 2025 to enhance digital payment, card technologies, and fraud monitoring capabilities, and strong growth in Bulder Bank which reached NOK 64 billion in loan volume and 117,400 customers by Q1 2025 alongside the launch of sustainability-linked loans representing over 30% of new corporate lending.