founded 1927 1927 1 number of employees 1 238 2013 website www.forex.se en forex in aalborg denmark 2009 . forex bank is a swedish financial services company specialising in currency exchange services . the company was started in 1927 providing services for travellers at the central station in stockholm . the owner of gyllenspet s barber shop according to the legend discovered that most of his customers were tourists in need of currency for their trips . the owner began keeping the major currencies on hand . the company was subsequently acquired by statens j rnv gar the swedish state railways which expanded the operations until it was sold to rolf friberg in 1965 . the company was for many years the only one apart from the banks that was licensed to conduct currency exchange in sweden . the company which is still wholly owned by the friberg family has expanded into finland 1993 denmark 1994 and norway 2004 and has 130 shops 2 3 4 5 located at railway stations or airports shopping malls and other hubs . in 2003 the company extended its business into banking and can also offer current and savings accounts incl internet and mobile banking loans debit and credit cards cash handling money transfer and payments . see also edit list of foreign exchange companies list of companies of sweden references and notes edit forex bank ab . nationalencyklopedin in swedish . retrieved 16 april 2011 . subscription required http www.forex.se sv om forex bankbutiker http www.forexbank.dk om forex her finder du forex http www.forex.fi forex yrityksena yhteystiedot http www.forex.no om forex bankbutikker external links edit official website this european bank or insurance related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this sweden related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title forex bank & oldid 730662546 categories companies of swedenbanks of swedenbanks established in 1927foreign exchange companies1927 establishments in swedeneuropean bank stubssweden stubshidden categories cs1 swedish language sources sv pages containing links to subscription only contentall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansksuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 14 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view