Sparebanken Hedmark

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Sparebanken Hedmark
Type Savings bank
Founded 1845
Headquarters Hamar, Norway
Area served Hedmark, Norway
Key people Harry Konterud (CEO)
Industry Banking
Employees 440 (2007)
Website www.sparebanken-hedmark.no

Sparebanken Hedmark is a Norwegian savings bank based in the county of Hedmark, the company head office is in Hamar. The bank is present in 20 out of 22 municipalities - 30 offices in Hedmark.

The bank has some 155,000 customers. In the municipalities where being present, about 60 percent of the local inhabitants have a customer relationship with the Bank.

The bank is a self-owned regional savings bank - no Primary Capital Certificates (Norwegian: grunnfondsbevis) are issued. Based on high levels of profitability and capital adequacy, the Bank shall remain an independent and attractive partner for its customers and in that way contribute to growth and development within the county of Hedmark.

Member of the alliance SpareBank 1 holding 12% ownership of Sparebank 1 Gruppen as, June 2006.

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The bank has its roots back to 1845, today's modern bank is a result of several merges of local savings banks during the years from 1846 to 1993.

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