Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)

1871 The Bank was founded under the name Stockholms Handelsbank 1874 First branch office 1914 Acquisition of Bank AB Norra Sverige 1917 Acquisition of Norrlandsbanken 1919 Acquisition of Bank AB Södra Sverige. Name changed to Svenska Handelsbanken. The Bank begins to use an octagon as a logo. The octagon logo was taken from Bank AB Södra Sverige 1926 Acquisition of Mälarebanken 1941 Acquisition of Norrköpings Folkbank 1943 Acquisition of Vänersborgsbanken 1955 Acquisition of SIGAB (Inteckningsbanken). In 1991 the name was changed to Handelsbanken Hypotek 1956 Acquisition of Gotlandsbanken 1963 The subsidiary Svenska Finans was established. In 1992 the name was changed to Handelsbanken Finans 1970 Jan Wallander becomes CEO. Introduces a new organisation and policy 1990 Acquisition of Skånska Banken and Oslo Handelsbank 1991 Acquisition of Stavanger Bank 1992 Acquisition of the life insurance company RKA. The company name was changed to Handelsbanken Liv 1995 Acquisition of parts of Skopbank and Skop-finans/Aktiiviraha 1997 Acquisition of Stadshypotek 1999 Acquisition of Bergensbanken 2001 Acquisition of SPP Livförsäkrings AB, SPP Fonder AB and the brand name SPP 2001 Acquisition of Midtbank 2002 Handelsbanken Liv demutualised to a proft-distributing company 2006 SPP demutualised to a proft-distributing company 2007 Sale of SPP to Storebrand

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