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"The Serviceable Society") is a non-profit organization in Bergen, Norway.

[2] It purpose was to support enterprises that improved the general health, "to the true well-being of fellow citizens".

From 1818 the society became more of a modernizing agent, supporting banks, industry, communications and education.

[1] In 1850, the Society changed their by-laws, and now concentrated exclusively on Bergen city.

It has committed money to refurbishing parts of the city, with cobblestone, statues and squares.