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More about cookiesImportant events in Swedbank's history
| 1820 |
The first Swedish savings bank is founded in Gothenburg. |
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| 1915 |
The first Swedish agricultural cooperative bank is founded in Stockholm. |
| 1942 | Sparbankernas Bank ("The Savings Banks' Bank") is established as the various savings banks' central bank. |
| 1958 | Jordbrukets Bank (The Bank of Agriculture) is established as the farming cooperative credit societies' central bank. |
| 1991 | 12 regional agricultural cooperative banks merge to form Föreningsbanken. |
| 1991 | Hansabank is founded in Estonia. |
| 1991 | Swedbank establishes an international office in New York, USA, serving corporates and financial institutions with a wide range of products and services within Debt Capital Markets. |
| 1992 | A merger between 11 regional savings banks, forming Sparbanken Sverige. |
| 1994 | Föreningsbanken is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. |
| 1995 | Hansabank starts operations in Latvia. |
| 1996 | Hansabank acquires 100% of Deutsche-Lettische Bank in Latvia. |
| 1996 | Hansabank starts operations in Lithuania. |
| 1997 | FöreningsSparbanken is formed through a merger between Sparbanken Sverige and Föreningsbanken. |
| 1997 | Hansabank acquires a stake in Hoiupank. |
| 1999 | Swedbank acquires more than 50% of Hansabank. |
| 1999 | Swedbank opens an international branch in Oslo, Norway, offering a wide range of products and services within financing and investment to corporates and organisations. |
| 2001 | Swedbank establishes an international branch in Shanghai, China, which works as a house bank for corporate clients, offering trade finance, FX, treasury and other services. |
| 2002 | Hansabank starts operations in Russia. |
| 2004 | Hansabank acquires Kvest bank in Moscow. |
| 2005 | Swedbank acquires 100% of Hansabank. |
| 2005 | Swedbank opens an international office in Helsinki, Finland, which provides high-quality banking services for corporates doing business or trading with Finland. |
| 2005 | Swedbank establishes an international office in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering products to private customers as well as corporates that have Swedbank Sweden as their primary bank. |
| 2006 | The Annual General Meeting resolves to change the bank's name to Swedbank. |
| 2007 | Swedbank enters Ukraine through the acquisition of TAS-Kommerzbank (“TAS”). |
| 2008 | Hansabank starts the process of changing its name to Swedbank in the three Baltic countries. |
| 2013 | Swedbank discontinues operations in Russia, and its subsidiary in Ukraine is sold. |
| 2014 | Swedbank becomes the first Nordic bank to open a representative office in sub-Saharan Africa. The Johannesburg office supports clients with trade finance and risk management as they grow their business in the African markets. |
| 2020 | Two hundred years have passed since the first savings bank opened its doors. |