Thursday, March 15, 2007

Congratulations: My Norwegian Bank is 150 years old

Yesterday my mother visited the bank and was offered coffee and cake.

Last night a show of fireworks looked impressive from my window - all in honor of the bank now celebrating 150 years.

From the bank's website:
Around 200 years ago in the nearby community of Rygge, a granary (kornmagasin in Norwegian) was established.
Later, in 1857, based on the value of the oats and the barley in that granary, a bank was established, helping local farmers with loans to buy more seeds and thus helping them enter the era of "money management".

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