Sparebanken Sør

Sparebanken Sør was a savings bank based in Kristiansand, Norway. Sparebanken Sør´s main market was located in the counties of Agder, Telemark and Rogaland.

Sparebanken Sør

Company type	Savings bank
Industry	Financial services
Defunct	1 May 2025; 14 days ago (2025-05-01)
Successors	Sparebanken Norge
Headquarters	Kristiansand, Norway
Area served	Agder Telemark
Subsidiaries	Sør Boligkreditt AS Sørmegleren (90%)
Website	www.sor.no

There were 31 branches in this district serving the customers. The internet and mobile banking services are among the most modern in Norway. Sparebanken Sør was an independent savings bank with total assets of BNOK 90, and 500 man-years as of 1 January 2014.

The bank's main products were savings, loans and domestic and international payment services. In cooperation with other savings banks, Sparebanken Sør owned companies for insurance, securities and leasing/factoring, and the bank sold their products.

Sparebanken Sør was regulated by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet).

History

Sparebanken Sør’s history goes back to the year 1824 and 1825, when Christianssands Sparebank and Arendals Sparebank - two of the first banks in Norway - were established, respectively. In 1973, the bank merged with four other savings banks in the county of Aust-Agder and formed Aust-Agder Sparebank.

Sparebanken Sør was established in 1984, after a merger between Aust-Agder Sparebank, two other savings banks in Aust-Agder and nine in Vest-Agder. Since then, the bank has merged with savings banks in Telemark, and even opened branches in Grenland, the most populous part of Telemark.

Sparebanken Sør merged with Sparebanken Vest in 2025 to form Sparebanken Norge.