Starting in the 1960s, comprehensive mergers of banks into larger units have taken place. This process started only in the 1970s in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, and resulted in the county bank Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane in 1988, with its headquarters in Førde. This was the largest bank unit in the county, and in 2001 it had offices in 19 of 26 municipalities.