(Much as the Bundesbank today is involved at the centre of German public life and public debate.) It is precisely that independent position which requires the central bank to engage with the general public, to explain its monetary policy, and to make its motives and strategy as transparent as possible.
Furthermore, in 2001 Svenska Handelsbanken acquired the Danish Midtbank, and in 2004 the Icelandic Kaupthing Bank acquired the Danish bank FIH. There has also been an increased internationalisation of the Danish banking sector through the establishment abroad of branches and subsidiaries of Danish banks.