traded aktieselskab nasdaq copenhagen danske industry financial services founded 1871 headquarters copenhagen denmark key people ole andersen chairman thomas f. borgen ceo products banking insurance investment management revenue dkk 43.866 billion 2014 1 profit dkk 3.846 billion 2014 1 total assets dkk 3453.0 billion end 2014 1 total equity dkk 147.4 billion end 2014 1 number of employees 18 478 fte end 2014 1 website www.danskebank.com danske bank is a danish bank . the name literally means danish bank . it was founded 5 october 1871 as den danske landmandsbank hypothek og vexelbank i kj benhavn the danish farmers bank mortgage and exchange bank of copenhagen . headquartered in copenhagen it is the largest bank in denmark and a major retail bank in the northern european region with over 5 million retail customers . 2 danske bank was number 454 on the fortune global 500 list for 2011 . 3 contents 1 operations 1.1 baltics 1.2 finland 1.3 ireland 1.3.1 northern ireland 1.3.2 republic of ireland 1.4 india 2 references 3 external links operations edit danske bank s headquarters in kongens nytorv in copenhagen . the danske bank group operates a number of local banks around the nordic region as well as across ireland . 4 baltics edit the danske bank branches in baltic states estonia latvia and lithuania began operating in 2008 after finnish sampo bank was acquired by danske bank group in 2007 for 4.05 billion . lithuania s danske bank headquarters in vilnius in lithuania finland edit danske bank formerly sampo bank is danske bank s finnish operations . sampo bank was acquired by the danske bank group in 2007 . sampo bank traces its origins back to 1887 originally the finnish state owned post and savings bank which accepted deposits from the public at its post offices . in 1999 the state owned bank was merged with sampo plc s insurance business to form the sampo group . the banking unit was later acquired by danske bank in 2007 while the sampo group retained the insurance business . 5 a sampo bank in tapiola in finland ireland edit northern ireland edit main article danske bank northern ireland danske bank s northern irish subsidiary was originally founded as the northern banking partnership in belfast in 1809 . it became northern bank in 1970 after merging with the belfast banking company . northern bank was one of the big four banks in ireland . 6 danske bank mark robinson bought the bank from national australia bank in december 2004 and northern bank continued to operate under its own name until it took on the name of its parent company as its trading name in november 2012 . 7 the bank is considered one of the leading retail banks in northern ireland with 82 branches and four finance centres . 8 danske bank is one of the four commercial banks in northern ireland which are permitted to issue their own banknotes . 9 republic of ireland edit danske bank s irish subsidiary was formerly known as the national irish bank and was originally the republic of ireland branch network of northern bank one of the oldest banks in ireland dating back to 1824 . national irish bank was created as a separate entity in 1986 at first under the name northern bank ireland limited when its then owners uk based midland bank separated northern bank s operations in the republic of ireland from its northern ireland business . in 1987 both banks were acquired by national australia bank along with midland bank s scottish subsidiary clydesdale bank . in 1988 the republic of ireland operation was renamed national irish bank limited whilst northern bank limited remained the name of the northern ireland operation . nonetheless a single management team continued to run both banks which shared many services and back office functions . during this era the logo of the national irish bank was that of the national australia bank at the time except that the red star had been recoloured green and irish bank was added alongside the word national . the original northern bank ireland logo had been the midland bank griffin . on 10 may 2012 danske bank announced that northern bank and national irish bank would be merged on 1 june 2012 under the northern bank management team and the danske bank name effectively reversing the separation between the two . the rebrand was completed on 18 november 2012 . 10 at the time the bank closed its 27 branches to focus on corporate and private clients . on 31 october 2013 danske bank announced it would be withdrawing all personal banking services in the irish republic on a phased basis in the first half of 2014 . 11 india edit danske bank has set up its own captive technology centre in india called danske it and support services india pvt ltd. 12 references edit a b c d e annual results 2014 pdf . danske bank . retrieved 28 february 2014 . facts and figures . danske bank . retrieved 29 november 2013 . fortune global 500 denmark . fortune . 2011 . retrieved 7 june 2012 . danske bank presentation of sampo acquisition http www.sampobanka.lv en about sampo history banks in united kingdom uk or britain . ecbs.org . retrieved 2013 04 28 . hello danske as a new era begins for northern bank press release . belfast danske bank . 19 november 2012 . retrieved 29 november 2013 . patronage danske bank . northern ireland chamber of commerce . retrieved 2013 04 28 . http www.acbi.org.uk faq.php switch from national irish bank to danske is completed . the irish times . 19 november 2012 . retrieved 28 april 2013 . danske bank ireland to cut 150 jobs rt 31 october 2013 http www.danskeit.co.in en in pages default.aspx external links edit danske bank corporate website yahoo finance v t e omx copenhagen 20 companies of denmark march 2016 a.p. m ller m rsk carlsberg chr . hansen coloplast danske bank dsv flsmidth & co. genmab gn store nord iss jyske bank nordea novo nordisk novozymes pandora tdc tryg vestas wind systems william demant v t e members of euro banking association austria allgemeine sparkasse 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