Livsforsikringsselskapet Hygea was a life insurance company 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 ...

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. It was founded in 1883. It was for many years a part of the Vesta Group, and shared leadership with the Vesta Group's flagship Vesta; together they were branded as Vesta-Hygea. After the Vesta Group was bought by

Skandia Skandia is a financial services corporation in Sweden. History Skandia started out as a Swedish insurance company in 1855. Today the brand operates in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Skandia also operates an internet bank called Skandiab ...

in 1989, the new owners decided to merge Hygea with

Norsk Kollektiv Pensjonskasse Norsk Kollektiv Pensjonskasse was a life insurance company based in Bergen, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost ...

in 1990 to create

Vital Forsikring Vital Forsikring ASA, branded as Vital is Norway's largest life insurance and pension insurance company, and part of the DnB NOR Group. Though Vital has roots back to 1847, it was created in its present form by a merger between Vital and Gjen ...

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Insurance companies of Norway Companies based in Bergen Financial services companies established in 1883 1883 establishments in Norway Companies disestablished in 1990 {{Norway-company-stub