Life at Danske Bank

Who are we in Danske Bank?

Meet some of our cool colleagues from different countries sharing more about life, work and culture in Danske Bank. We are more than 22.000 colleagues who all contribute to a diverse palette of skills and expertise. Learn more about how we give back through voluntary activities and take a look at some of the social activities in Danske Bank.

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Meet our cool colleagues

"Somehow, I got a taste for programming and developing. I began to learn SAS and Python and Excel in order to develop and maintain local, smaller solutions which were used by the advisors"

Meet Dmitriy

"Doing night shifts from home really has a positive impact on my life. It’s not just the hours I save – my brain simply works better, and I have extra energy to spend time with my teenagers or go for a walk"

Meet Lisa

" Ever since my first days, I have always had lots of flexibility. I don’t necessarily need to be in the office to work, and if the wind is good, I can have a short day and work more later on instead"

Meet Amund

"Construction financing is a really complex area, which actually used to make me nervous in the past..."

Meet Stine

"I probably don’t fit the traditional image of a conservative banker, but to be honest, my colleagues don’t fit that description either."

Meet Kristina

"A flexible parental leave made the difference for me and my family"

Meet Rune

Our culture

A career with us is an opportunity to join a community of 22,000 colleagues in a culture where we are committed to Teaming Up, Owning It and Being Open. With Forward ’28, we take action to unleash our full potential to the benefit of all our stakeholders – customers, shareholders, employees and society.

TEAM UP
OWN IT
BE OPEN

We create value for our customers by being one bank:
- We tear down silos to best help our customers.
- We build simple and flexible structures with clear roles and responsibilities in order to work efficiently.
- We seek better ways of working to be agile and team up around shared priorities.
- We share knowledge using our individual and united expertise to deliver our best.
We aim high and take ownership for better results
- We step up and take ownership for getting things done
- We champion compliance and apply our knowledge of risk, to safeguard our customers and society
- We value initiative, trusting each others’ expertise and decisions
- We continuously seek to improve, to exceed our customers’ expectations
We seek potential and make transparency and inclusion a priority
- We are trust-worthy, steering clear of secrets and speaking up honestly, acknowledging and learning from failing
- We dig beyond numbers to nurture potential, meeting others with understanding and empathy
- We embrace diversity to broaden our perspective and lead to better solutions
- We use the power of finance to strive for sustainable progress

Meet our social communities

We have a wide range of communities in Danske Bank, created and driven by employees. Here are some examples of the communities where colleagues meet and share interests.

Employee wellbeing and diversity

At Danske Bank we want to grow an inclusive, sustainable and engaging workplace where we maintain a safe and healthy work environment and promote diversity and inclusion. A part of this is our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ and allies to support the same rights for everyone.

Read about employee wellbeing at Danske Bank

Giving back to society

Employees at Danske Bank have the opportunity to spend one workday per year to participate in voluntary work. We call it Time2Give and it enables all employees to contribute to local communities.

Voluntary work at Danske Bank