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Nordea Headquarters & offices · Helsinki, Finland
Nordea · Helsinki, Finland
Nordea's Helsinki campus puts a LEED Platinum office and the largest green wall in the Nordics on a city block that began with an 1898 syrup factory.
Nordea Campus in Vallila holds workspaces for about 4,700 people, a free gym with saunas and a Fazer Café open to everyone. Then the benefits, the 200-year history and the numbers — all from Nordea's own pages, results releases and its architects.
- ≈ 4,700workspaces at Nordea Campus
- 150 m²green wall, largest in the Nordics
- 16 + 16 hpaid volunteering and ERG time a year
- 28,989employees (FTEs), end of 2025
Sources: nordea.com (Careers Finland, Employee benefits, news 25 Mar 2025) · Full-year results 2025 · Helin & Co Architects · Tengbom
Companies / Finland / Banking & financial services / Nordea
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Nordea Campus: a whole city block in Vallila
Nordea owns the whole city block between Satamaradankatu, Fleminginkatu, Aleksis Kiven katu and Kustaankatu. It mixes a sugar and syrup factory from 1898, a 1930s bakery and an iron-bed factory with offices by Helin & Co (2001 and 2003) and a new eight-storey building by Tengbom, completed in September 2024. The restaurant courtyard is a covered, terraced piazza; the new building has a pale brick facade, veneer walls and Finnish natural stone in the lobby, and a seventh-floor terrace facing south over the city. Nordea opened the campus in March 2025 with a 150 m² green wall of about 4,500 plants.
- ≈ 4,700 workspaces
- Green wall, 150 m²
- LEED Platinum new building
- Gym and saunas, free
- Fazer Café open to all
- Oldest building: 1898
The new building by Tengbom (2024)
Tengbom's new eight-storey building, completed in September 2024, has a pale brick facade, veneer walls and Finnish natural stone in the lobby.
Inside Nordea Campus
Nordea opened the campus in March 2025, with about 4,700 workspaces and a seventh-floor terrace facing south over the city.
The block and its courtyard (Helin & Co)
The block mixes a sugar and syrup factory from 1898, a 1930s bakery and an iron-bed factory with offices by Helin & Co from 2001 and 2003.
Sources: Helin & Co Architects, “Nordea Campus” · Tengbom, “Vallila C5” · nordea.com Careers Finland · nordea.com news, 25 Mar 2025
Nordea Campus, Vallila
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Nordea Campus (main address) | Aleksis Kiven katu 5, 00500 Helsinki, Finland |
| Registered address, Nordea Bank Abp | Satamaradankatu 5, FI-00020 Nordea, Helsinki, Finland |
| Office building by Helin & Co (2001) | Aleksis Kiven katu 9, Helsinki |
| Old Banking Hall and Nordea Bank Museum | Aleksanterinkatu 36 B, Helsinki |
Source: nordea.com Careers Finland · nordea.fi, “Information on Nordea Bank Abp” · Helin & Co Architects · nordea.com Exhibitions · See them on the map ↓
Source: Tengbom, “Vallila C5” · nordea.com news (25 Mar 2025) and Careers Finland · Helin & Co Architects. Nordea and Tengbom give different floor areas; both are shown.
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Benefits (Finland)
Subject to accrual, plus 2 collective-agreement days off.
Full pay for the parent who gives birth; up to 32 weekdays with full pay for the other parent (after 9 months' employment).
Of the statutory holiday-period salary.
One-time payment of up to one extra month's salary a year, plus profit sharing.
For exercise, culture, massage and commuting.
Tax-free fringe benefit, deducted from gross salary.
Free gym and saunas, subsidised lunch and in-house medical assistance.
The first 3 days of a child's illness are paid (or paid childcare instead).
Source: nordea.com, “Employee benefits” (Finland) and “Careers Finland” (2026)
How Nordea keeps people, in its own words
Nordea calls itself a workplace-based company; where the role and team allow, it supports up to two days of remote work a week.
All employees can volunteer 16 paid hours a year, plus another 16 hours for Employee Resource Group work. About 1,500 employees volunteered in 2025.
A personal development plan with your leader, learning platforms such as Udemy, job rotations and stretch assignments.
Nordea's training was recognised with nine Brandon Hall awards, including two gold.
Average score for diversity and inclusion reported in the 2025 annual reporting.
Universum ranked Nordea the 3rd most attractive employer for business students in Finland in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Source: nordea.com — Life at Nordea, Employee benefits, Careers Finland, Latest annual report (2025)
Who works here
employees (FTEs), 31 Dec 2025
workspaces at Nordea Campus, Helsinki
employees in Sweden
colleagues at Stockholm Kungsträdgården
Source: Full-year results 2025 · nordea.com Careers Finland and Careers Sweden
Office history: from Copenhagen 1820 to a campus in Vallila
- 1820 The first predecessor bank, Copenhagen
Nordea's first predecessor bank, Sparekassen for Kjøbenhavn og Omegn, opened on 1 May 1820. Nordea's family tree counts about 300 banks.
Source: nordea.com, “Our history”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1862 Union Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Föreningsbanken i Finland / Suomen Yhdyspankki — the Union Bank of Finland — was established in Helsinki in 1862, the Finnish root of Nordea.
Source: nordea.com, “Our history” and “Exhibitions”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1904 The banking hall on Aleksanterinkatu
The Union Bank of Finland's banking hall at Aleksanterinkatu 36 B received a fully furnished interior by architects Gesellius, Lindgren & Saarinen in 1904. Today it houses the Nordea Bank Museum and the Nordea Art Foundation's exhibition.
Source: nordea.com, “Exhibitions”
Old Banking Hall, Aleksanterinkatu 36 B · © Nordea / photo Seilo Ristimäki - 2001 Nordea, run from Stockholm
Four Nordic banks merged and all operations took the Nordea name from 2001. The group's parent company, Nordea Bank AB (publ), was Swedish; the Swedish head office is at Kungsträdgården in central Stockholm.
Source: nordea.com, “Our history”, “Re-domiciliation” and Careers Sweden
PK-huset from Kungsträdgården, Stockholm · Dmitry G / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2001–03 New offices on the Vallila block
Helin & Co Architects designed Aleksis Kiven katu 9 (2001) and Satamaradankatu 5 (2003) on the city block in Vallila that belongs to Nordea; Satamaradankatu 5 became the block's main entrance.
Source: Helin & Co Architects, “Nordea Campus”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2018 Group head office moves to Helsinki
On 1 October 2018 Nordea re-domiciled its parent company from Sweden to Finland, joining the EU banking union. The new group head office is in Vallila, Helsinki, at Satamaradankatu 5.
Source: nordea.com, “Our history” and press release 1 Oct 2018 · nordea.fi
Head office in Vallila, seen from Teollisuuskatu · JIP / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2025 Nordea Campus opens
Tengbom's new eight-storey LEED Platinum building on the corner of Aleksis Kiven katu and Kustaankatu was completed in September 2024, and Nordea opened Nordea Campus in March 2025, with Aleksis Kiven katu 5 as its address.
Source: Tengbom, “Vallila C5” · nordea.com news, 25 Mar 2025 · Careers Finland
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
Nordea's roots run through Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki. In Helsinki the bank went from its historic banking hall on Aleksanterinkatu in the city centre to its own city block in Vallila.
- 1 · 1904Aleksanterinkatu 36 B, Helsinki — Union Bank of Finland's banking hall, now the Nordea Bank Museum
- 2 · 2001Kungsträdgården, Stockholm — Swedish head office; the group parent company was Swedish until 2018
- 3 · 2018Satamaradankatu 5, Helsinki — Group head office after the move to Finland
- 4 · 2025Nordea Campus, Aleksis Kiven katu 5, Helsinki — Today's headquarters
Addresses: nordea.com (Exhibitions, Careers Finland and Sweden), nordea.fi · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Nordea does
Nordea is the leading financial services group in the Nordics, with roots in about 300 banks. It serves households, small and mid-sized companies, large corporates and institutions, and savers through four business areas.
Four business areas: Personal Banking, Business Banking, Large Corporates & Institutions, and Asset & Wealth Management.
Source: Nordea fourth-quarter and full-year results 2025 (29 Jan 2026) · nordea.com, Latest annual report
Growth: revenue vs. people
€8.5B → €11.7B
28,051 → 28,989
Total operating income (EUR billions, as reported) and number of employees (FTEs, year-end): Nordea fourth-quarter and full-year results releases 2021, 2023 and 2025 (each year taken from the latest of these releases). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
President and Group CEO, appointed 5 September 2019.
President and Group CEO from 1 November 2015; joined Nordea in 2010 from Goldman Sachs.
Stepped down after more than eight years as CEO.
No single founder: Nordea grew out of about 300 banks; the first, Sparekassen for Kjøbenhavn og Omegn, opened in Copenhagen on 1 May 1820.
Source: nordea.com, “Our history” · press release, 11 Aug 2015
Hear it from the CEO
Nordea: questions people ask
Where is Nordea's headquarters?
In Helsinki, Finland. Nordea Campus is at Aleksis Kiven katu 5 in Vallila; the registered address of Nordea Bank Abp is Satamaradankatu 5 on the same block.
Source: nordea.com Careers Finland · nordea.fi
Why did Nordea move its headquarters from Stockholm to Helsinki?
To join the EU banking union. On 1 October 2018 the parent company was re-domiciled from Sweden to Finland by a cross-border reversed merger.
Source: nordea.com, re-domiciliation page
Who designed Nordea Campus?
Tengbom designed the new eight-storey building (completed 2024). Helin & Co Architects designed Aleksis Kiven katu 9 (2001), Satamaradankatu 5 (2003) and the block's courtyard and entrances.
Source: Tengbom · Helin & Co Architects
How big is Nordea Campus?
It has workspaces for about 4,700 people. Nordea describes the new building as 12,400 m² on 8 floors; its architect Tengbom gives 21,000 m².
Source: nordea.com · Tengbom
Can you visit Nordea Campus?
The Fazer Café at the campus is open to everyone. Nordea's Old Banking Hall at Aleksanterinkatu 36 B can be seen on guided tours booked in advance (about 1 hour, €28 per person, minimum €300 per group).
Source: nordea.com Careers Finland and Exhibitions
Does Nordea allow remote work?
Nordea is a workplace-based company: where the role and team allow, it supports up to two days of remote work a week, with flexible start and end times.
Source: nordea.com, Life at Nordea and Employee benefits
What benefits does Nordea offer in Finland?
24–36 vacation days, 72 weekdays of fully paid parental leave for the birth parent and up to 32 for the other parent, a 50% holiday bonus, EUR 300 a year for exercise and culture, a bicycle benefit, and a free gym, saunas, subsidised lunch and medical assistance at the headquarters.
Source: nordea.com, Employee benefits
How many people work at Nordea?
28,989 full-time equivalents at the end of 2025.
Source: Full-year results 2025
What is the green wall at Nordea Campus?
A 150 m² wall with about 4,500 plants of around 15 species, about 10 m wide and 12 m tall; Nordea calls it the largest in the Nordics. All its parts were made in Finland.
Source: nordea.com news, 25 Mar 2025
How old is Nordea?
Its first predecessor bank opened in Copenhagen on 1 May 1820; the Nordea name has been used for all operations since 2001.
Source: nordea.com, Our history
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