The bank is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Finnish, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish banks of Merita Bank, Unibank, Kreditkassen (Christiania Bank) and Nordbanken that took place between 1997 and 2000.
Образована в результате слияния и покупок в период с 1997 по 2000 годы банков Швеции, Финляндии, Дании и Норвегии (Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank и Christiania Bank).