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Danske Bank ( Bank . It was founded 5 October 1871 as ''Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn'' (''The Danish Farmers' Bank, Mortgage and Exchange Bank of Copenhagen ''). Danske Bank has long been one of the largest banks in Denmark, with roughly 30 percent market share, and since the mid-1990s it has been expanding its operations outside of the country. In Norway it's known as Fokus Bank and in Sweden under a variety of brand names, including Östgöta Enskilda Bank . The reasons for this expansion are rooted in the increasing Deregulation and Internationalization of the banking sector. The Group was created out of several mergers, the first in 1990 with rivals Handelsbanken and Provinsbanken . That was followed by the acquisition of Danica in 1995 (renamed Danica Pension ) in 1999, and a merger with BG Bank and Realkredit Danmark in 2001. 2005 saw the purchase of Northern Bank in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank in the Republic Of Ireland from the National Australia Bank , the Group's first retail operations outside Scandinavia. In 2006, Danske Bank bought the banking operations of the Finnish financial services group Sampo , which included retail banks in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, along with a corporate entity in Russia. The Group also maintains corporate service branches in Hamburg, Poland and London, and an outpost serving high net worth clients in Luxembourg. Danske runs all of its operations on a single IT platform, a competitive advantage since customers can quickly transfer money between a number of countries with minimal fees. LOCAL OPERATIONS Danske Bank
Fokus Bank
Östgöta Enskilda Bank Trading as:
Sampo Bank
Sampo Bank
Sampo Bank
Sampo Bank
National Irish Bank
Northern Bank
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