Norway · Financial institution
Sparebanken Norge
Sparebanken Norge is a Norwegian savings bank with its registered office in Bergen and a second head office in Kristiansand. Its equity certificates are listed on Oslo Børs. The bank states that customers and society own about 60% of it through ownerless primary capital. It provides retail and corporate banking, and offers leasing, real estate brokerage, insurance and asset management through subsidiaries and associated companies. Formerly Sparebanken Vest, it absorbed Sparebanken Sør on 2 May 2025 and Oslofjord Sparebank on 1 December 2025.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
European registers
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority | 1997-05-26 | A1 A2 A3 A5 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- SPAVNOBBXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under SPAVNOBB directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · NBO
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1977-09-12
- Last updated
- 2026-06-06
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Mixed ownership
Ticker SBNOR
Institution type
Savings bank
Trades as Sparebanken Norge
- Standing
- Renamed from Sparebanken Vest on 2 May 2025, when it absorbed Sparebanken Sør. Oslofjord Sparebank merged into the bank on 1 December 2025.
- Ownership
- Equity certificates listed on Oslo Børs made up 40.9% of the bank's equity at 30 June 2026, and the rest is ownerless primary capital.
- Major shareholders
- Sparebankstiftelsen Sparebanken Norge 10% · 30 Jun 2026
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 7.53% · 30 Jun 2026
Sparebankstiftinga Hardanger 6.9% · 30 Jun 2026 - Stock listing
- Oslo Børs SBNOR
- Head office
- Jonsvollsgaten 2, 5011 Bergen, Norway
- Company register
- Org. no. 832 554 332, Brønnøysund Register Centre
- Former name
- Sparebanken Vest
Business lines
According to its Q2 2026 report, retail customers account for about 70% of the credit portfolio, and 96.7% of that portfolio is secured by residential mortgages.
Online
- Websites & references
- sparebankennorge.no ↗
ir.sparebankennorge.no ↗ investor relations
spv.no ↗ former Sparebanken Vest domain, still in use and redirecting to sparebankennorge.no pages
sor.no ↗ former Sparebanken Sør domain, now titled Sparebanken Norge (Sør)
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q7573582 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · TikTok ↗ · Snapchat ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- sparebankennorge.no/om-oss/om-banken/konsernledelsen
- sparebankennorge.no/om-oss/om-banken/styret
- ir.sparebankennorge.no/
- ir.sparebankennorge.no/rapporter
- ir.sparebankennorge.no/egenkapitalbevis
- storage.mfn.se/c/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkzLm9zbG8ub3Nsb2JvcnMubm8vdjEvbmV3c3JlYWRlci9hdHRhY2htZW50P21lc3NhZ2VJZD0
- mfn.se/ob/a/sparebanken-norge/sbnor-on-track-with-the-realization-of-sparebanken-norge-30e3a449
- finanstilsynet.no/nyhetsarkiv/tilsynsrapporter/2026/tilsynsrapport---sparebanken-norge/
- kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18920081/robert-hammen-ny-konserndirektor-i-sparebanken-norge?publisherId=1
- kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18792035/gunnar-p-thomassen-blir-toppsjef-i-skagerrak-sparebank?publisherId
- spv.no/english/about-sparebanken-norge
- spv.no/dagligbank/betaling/utenlandsbetaling
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparebanken_Norge
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Jan Erik Kjerpeseth
Konsernsjef (Group CEO)
- Chair
-
Knut Ruhaven Sæthre
Styrets leder (Chair of the Board)
- Chief financial officer
-
Hans Olav Ingdal
Konserndirektør Finans og Eierstyring (CFO)
- Executive
-
Jan-Ståle Hatlebakk
Konserndirektør Risk Management
- Executive
-
Bjørg Beate Kristiansen
Konserndirektør Compliance (CCO)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Norway
- Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductSecuritiesResolution
- Norway
- Norges Bank Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Robert Hammen, from Nordea, as group executive vice president for corporate banking in the South region.
kommunikasjon.ntb.no ↗ -
Other
Finanstilsynet published an inspection report with remarks on the bank's use of its IRB system in lending, risk parameters, validation and reporting.
finanstilsynet.no ↗ -
Leadership
The bank announced that group executive vice president Gunnar P. Thomassen would leave to become CEO of Skagerrak Sparebank from 1 August 2026.
kommunikasjon.ntb.no ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Sparebanken Vest absorbed Sparebanken Sør and took the name Sparebanken Norge on 2 May 2025.
spv.no ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- SPAVNOBBXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- SPAVBank
- NOCountry · Norway
- BBLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 213800M7T3CYVZ3ZRT12
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- Bank identifier (registernummer) 3305 + 69 more
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Norway · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1982
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- JONSVOLLSGATEN 2 BERGEN, HORDALAND FYLKE 5011 NORWAY
- Operational address
- JONSVOLLSGATEN 2 BERGEN 5011 BERGEN POB 7999 NORWAY
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SPAVNOBBXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800M7T3CYVZ3ZRT12</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SPAVNOBBXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800M7T3CYVZ3ZRT12</LEI>
<Nm>SPAREBANKEN NORGE</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BERGEN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>NO</Ctry>
<AdrLine>JONSVOLLSGATEN 2 BERGEN, HORDALAND FYLKE 5011</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28 · NBO participant list of 2026-06-25
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-03-03 | Head office | — |
| NBO (Norges Bank settlement system, Norwegian krone)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant.
The NBO participant list gives no joining date.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
Bank identifier (registernummer) · Norway
Showing 10 of 70 codes
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file |
|---|---|---|
| 3305 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3420 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3450 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3470 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3490 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3492 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3495 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3500 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3506 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
| 3520 | SPAVNOBB | Sparebanken Norge |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: Norges Bank, Participants in NBO.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Norway (Source: Bits AS).
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: sparebankennorge.no (official website) · original; Jan Erik Kjerpeseth: Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · original; Knut Ruhaven Sæthre: sparebankennorge.no (official website) · original; Hans Olav Ingdal: sparebankennorge.no (official website) · original; Jan-Ståle Hatlebakk: sparebankennorge.no (official website) · original; Bjørg Beate Kristiansen: sparebankennorge.no (official website) · original.
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