Finland founded NIB together with the other Nordic countries in 1975. The Bank’s headquarters are located in Helsinki. Some of NIB’s latest financed projects in Finland include manufacturing facility for advanced medical products in Kuopio, LEED Platinum certified refurbishment of a historical building in Helsinki or Wärtsilä’s R&D investments.
Start of operations: 1976
Projects financed: over 735
Amount financed: ∼EUR 15.8 billion
In recent years, NIB has financed infrastructure improvements and energy transition in Finland. In addition, our loans have supported digitalisation, green buildings, and healthcare.
Looking ahead, we plan to increase our sustainability-linked lending. Since 2021, the Bank has provided such loans to Helen, Metso, Elisa and Kesko, supporting the green transition.

Authorised capital
Member country | Rating* | Authorised capital | Country’s share |
Denmark | Aaa/AAA | 1,763,074,493.79€ | 21.1% |
Estonia | A1/A+ | 76,651,259.81€ | 0.9% |
Finland | Aa1/AA+ | 1,482,690,785.19€ | 17.7% |
Iceland | A1/A+ | 79,132,913.42€ | 0.9% |
Latvia | A3/A | 111,830,807.21€ | 1.3% |
Lithuania | A2/A | 163,231,714.80€ | 2.0% |
Norway | Aaa/AAA | 1,799,704,941.30€ | 21.5% |
Sweden | Aaa/AAA | 2,892,527,558.59€ | 34.6% |
Total | 8,368,844,474.11€ | 100.0% |
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