Bergens Privatbank was a Norwegian

commercial bank A commercial bank is a financial institution which accepts deposits from the public and gives loans for the purposes of consumption and investment to make profit. It can also refer to a bank, or a division of a large bank, which deals with cor ...

based in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. It was established in 1855 and built a network of branches throughout the country.

Jørgen Breder Faye Jørgen Breder Faye (7 June 1823 – 2 August 1908) was a Norwegian banker and politician. Biography Faye was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Christen Faye (1781-1836) and Magdalene Christine Wiese (1791-1878). His father was a master ba ...

was the first director and held the position until 1904. The bank merged with

Bergens Kreditbank Bergens Kreditbank was a Norwegian commercial bank based in Bergen. It was established in 1928 with its main offices in Vågsallmenningen. It merged with Bergens Privatbank Bergens Privatbank was a Norwegian commercial bank based in Bergen. It wa ...

in 1975 to establish

Bergen Bank Bergen Bank was a Norwegian commercial bank in existence between 1975 and 1990. It was created as a merger between Bergens Privatbank (founded in 1855) and Bergens Kreditbank (founded in 1928) while the bank Kvam Privatbank was acquired in 1979. ...

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Defunct banks of Norway Companies based in Bergen 1975 disestablishments in Norway Banks established in 1855 Banks disestablished in 1975 Norwegian companies established in 1855 {{Norway-bank-stub