About Glitnir

Glitnir is a Nordic bank, with its head office in Iceland and operations in ten countries. Our home markets are Iceland and Norway where we offer a broad range of financial services, including corporate banking, investment banking, capital markets, investment management and retail banking.

Outside of our home markets we have operations in Finland, Sweden, UK, Luxembourg, US, Canada, China and Russia. We will open an office in India in the second half of 2008.

Our international expansion is mainly driven by two specialized industry sectors - Seafood and Sustainable Energy - in which we have developed significant industry expertise built on our Icelandic and Norwegian heritage.

Our shares are listed on OMX in Iceland under the symbol, GLB.

Glitnir in Norse mythology

Established in 1904, the bank was first known as Íslandsbanki. The name Glitnir was chosen in 2006 to reflect our wider Nordic tradition and to distinguish a new era of growth and expansion.

In ancient Norse mythology, Glitnir (meaning shining) is the beautiful palace where Forseti, the God of justice, peace and truth, holds court.

Glitnir is a place of true justice where disputes are always settled, highly symbolic of the importance of dialogue as a way to resolve conflict in the best Scandinavian tradition.