Which group that employs nearly 6,800 employees is the largest share holder of Nordea?
Nordea Nordea Bank AB, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a Nordic financial services group operating in Northern Europe. The bank is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Finnish, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish banks of Merita Bank, Unibank, Kreditkassen (Christiania Bank) and Nordbanken that took place between 1997 and 2000. The Baltic states are today also considered part of the home market. The largest share holder of Nordea is Sampo, a Finnish insurance company with around 20% of the shares. Nordea is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange and Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Bolig- og Næringsbanken BN Bank ASA, formerly known as Bolig- og Næringsbanken, is a Norwegian commercial bank based in Trondheim with a branch office in Oslo. Owned by the SpareBank 1-alliance, the bank has 50,000 customers and total assets of NOK 48 billion. The bank has specialized in mortgages, private financing and account saving, and does not offer advanced investment products. The bank was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange between 1989 and 2005 when it was acquired by Glitnir.