Cooperatives of Norway have been created to represent the interest of either customers or suppliers.
Areas with cooperatives include retailing, food manufacturing, banking and insurance.
Coop NKL is the second largest retail group in Norway, and is owned by numerous local cooperative associations.
Among these are fish sales group and seven specialized food manufacturing companies, the largest being TINE and Nortura.
This has led to a lot of the banks being partially private and no longer cooperatives.