NIB Basic facts NIB finances investment projects and project exports, both in the Nordic area and outside the Nordic countries.
High priority is given to investments furthering economic co-operation within the Nordic area.
NIB's provision of credits is highly suited to investments which secure energy supplies, improve the infrastructure or support research and development. Focal points of the Bank's activities include the neighbouring regions to the Nordic area, with priority for investment and environmental loans for private sector projects and loans to national governments or with governmental guarantees in the in the Baltic states, Poland and Northwest Russia. NIB's head office is in Helsinki, and the Bank has other offices in Copenhagen, Oslo, Reykjavik and Stockholm, as well as a representative office in Singapore. NIB is a multilateral financial institution and has financed over a thousand projects since it began operating in 1976.