  swedbank ab (formerly fÃ¶reningssparbanken) is a nordic-baltic banking group offering retail banking, asset management, financial, and other services. ==history== the first swedish saving bank was founded in gothenburg in 1820. in 1992, a number of local savings banks merged to create sparbanken sverige ("savings bank sweden"), which was known simply as sparbanken ("the savings bank"). in 1995, this bank was listed on the stockholm stock exchange and in 1997, it merged with fÃ¶reningsbanken under the combined name fÃ¶reningssparbanken. during the late 2000s global financial crisis, swedbank accepted government assistance due to its losses from loans made to neighboring baltic economies. on 8 september 2006, fÃ¶reningssparbanken ab changed its name to swedbank ab. the name change took place in the afternoon local time, after the swedish companies registration office registered the changes in the companyâs articles of association. on the same date, the subsidiary ab spintab changed its name to swedbank hypotek ab (swedbank mortgage ab in english) and fÃ¶reningssparbanken jordbrukskredit ab changed its name to swedbank jordbrukskredit ab. other subsidiaries will change their names at later dates. ==organisation==  [[image:fsb logo.jpg|thumb|right|238px|the swedbank logo (1997â2006). fÃ¶reningssparbanken was created in 1997 through a merger between sparbanken and fÃ¶reningsbanken. 
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