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Making an impact in our communities

At Nordea, we actively support our local communities in areas where we believe we can truly make a difference. As the largest financial group in the Nordics, we have the capacity to offer support that goes beyond traditional banking products and services.

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Our community engagement programmes focus on promoting financial literacy and developing key skills essential for financial stability and quality of life, while supporting entrepreneurship to foster innovation and drive new business growth. We also work with various initiatives aimed at strengthening social belonging.

To maximise our local impact, we partner with around 30 organisations across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland and Estonia. All our employees are encouraged to dedicate up to 16 hours per year to volunteering in our community initiatives.

This approach helps us promote financial literacy across all age groups and markets, alongside initiatives that support entrepreneurship and foster social belonging.

Here's how we have made a difference in 2025

  • Our support to Ukrainian refugees received international recognition from the Ukrainian World Congress. More than 1,000 Finnish colleagues volunteered at the Helsinki aid centre, providing essential help and hope to those affected by the war.
     
  • We continued our collaboration with Large Ice-Cream Company, providing nearly 1,000 summer jobs for young people aged 13-17 throughout Norway. All participants received training in financial skills from our dedicated Nordea volunteers.
     
  • Nordea attended EuroSkills in Denmark, Europe's largest vocational education and skills excellence event. Over 100,000 young people attended to watch 600 young professionals compete, and Nordea volunteers were there to talk about dreams and entrepreneurship with the participants.
     
  • In Sweden, we partnered with Mattecentrum and ran Nordea's own Math Challenge (Matteutmaningen) programme, highlighting the strong link between math and financial skills. Through our partnership with Mattecentrum, we helped 300 students aged 14-19 boost their confidence ahead of national math tests via our after-school programme.
     
  • We strengthened our financial crime prevention education framework for different age groups to share knowledge about how to prevent fraud in Estonia. Nordea employees delivered 61 lessons in 47 schools and hosted several sessions for adults. We also volunteered twice a month at the Estonian foodbank, with 4 to 8 colleagues participating in each session.
     
  • In Poland, we extended our mentoring programme to support women from Ukraine, Poland and other countries to develop financial skills, helping them return to professional life after a career break – and doubled the number of Nordea mentors and participating mentees.

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