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Danske Bank

Dedicated family office banking for large and complex family fortunes in Norway.

Services-only
01 — Overview

What Danske Bank does

Families with large and often complex fortunes face a persistent challenge: coordinating banking, investment, legal, and structural advice across multiple relationships and institutions. Danske Bank's Family Office division in Norway addresses this by assigning a dedicated team of fixed contact persons who know the client's full family situation and can coordinate access across the bank's full range of services, both locally and globally.

The offering targets two distinct client profiles: families with industrial and financial ownership stakes, and high-net-worth individuals with significant financial wealth. Service engagement is flexible rather than fixed, with three configurable levels of involvement:

  • Full operational support across all banking and advisory functions
  • A complete Family Office setup within Danske Bank
  • Selective delivery on specific products or services chosen by the client

Advisory work covers wealth structuring questions including corporate and ownership structure design, tax and company law frameworks, succession planning, and generational wealth transfer. Clients are categorised as professional or non-professional investors, and product access is calibrated accordingly.

As a major Nordic bank, Danske Bank brings breadth across financial services that a standalone family office advisory firm typically cannot match. The trade-off is that this is a bank-embedded service, not an independent advisory arrangement. Clients who prioritise complete independence from their banking provider, or who need highly specialised alternative investment access, may find that the bank relationship introduces constraints. Pricing is not disclosed publicly, and the offering appears limited to the Norwegian market through this specific channel.

Vi bistår familier med et industrielt og finansielt eierskap, samt enkeltpersoner med en betydelig finansiell formue.

On Danske Bank, from a family-office user
02 — Product & capabilities

What it covers

Core tasks
  • Wealth structuring and ownership structure design
  • Succession and generational wealth planning
  • Tax and corporate law framework advisory
  • Coordinating banking services across personal and business needs
  • Family wealth goal-setting and long-term planning
Notable features
  • Dedicated team with fixed contact persons
  • Three-tiered service levels (full operations, full Family Office, selective services)
  • Corporate and ownership structure planning
  • Legal and tax framework advisory
  • Generational succession planning
  • Access to local and global bank expertise
  • Differentiated service for professional vs. Non-professional investors
  • VIP customer service with dedicated business contact number
03 — Company

The firm behind it

Ownership
Public (Nasdaq Copenhagen: DANSKE)
Software type
Services-only
Headquarters / markets
Norway
Languages
Norwegian
04 — Clients & fit

Who it’s for

Built for Single Family Office (SFO), Multi Family Office (MFO), Private Wealth Owners / Principals.

05 — Support & onboarding

Getting it running

Dedicated business contact centre by phone (+47 987 06030), live chat (Monday-Friday 08:00-16:00), email ([email protected])

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