Getting a CSV File out of DNB Nettbank

The transaction list in your online bank is fine to read, but you cannot work with it. You cannot sort it, categorise it, or compare it against your budget. For that, you need the file.

Fortunately, exporting from DNB nettbank (online banking) is simpler than most people expect. Here is what you do.

What you need

You need the online bank in a regular desktop browser. The export function is not available in the DNB app, and you do not need any additional software.

How to export

1. Log in to dnb.no and go to Konto (Account) in the menu.
2. Select the account you want to export from.
3. Set the time period. Open and close months in the account overview until only the period you want to export is visible. You can go back up to two years, but export a maximum of one year at a time.
4. Click "Vis oversikt" (Show overview) to load the transactions for the selected period.
5. Click "Til CSV fil" (To CSV file) at the top of the page. A text file with CSV content is downloaded to your computer.
6. Repeat for other accounts if needed. One file is created per account.

If you use the DNB app as your primary interface, you still need to visit the browser-based online bank to export.

Last verified: March 2026. The interface changes from time to time. See DNB's help page for account information if the steps look different.

Bokført dato or valuteringsdato?

Choose bokført dato (posting date) when filtering the period. This is the date the bank actually registers the transaction in its system, and it matches your bank statement. Valuteringsdato (value date) is something different and can give confusing results if you are comparing against monthly overviews.

The file looks odd in Excel

Not unusual. DNB's CSV file uses semicolons (;) as the delimiter and commas as the decimal separator (Norwegian standard), and Excel can behave strangely with this combination. If everything ends up in a single column, use Excel's text import wizard and select semicolon manually.

If you are feeding the file into a budgeting tool, you normally do not need to think about it. Apps with Norwegian CSV support handle the format automatically.

Not sure whether the file looks right? Open it in Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac) and check that the columns are separated by semicolons rather than piled up on a single line.

History older than two years

DNB's export covers two years back, one year at a time. If you need older data, you can find annual statements and bank statements in the archive function in the online bank, but the format there is PDF, not CSV. Some people run two separate exports and merge them in a spreadsheet, which works well.

Next steps

Take the file into your budgeting tool. Upload it, approve the category suggestions, and adjust anything that looks off. Most people discover at least one category where they spend more than they thought, and that is really the whole point of doing this.

If you use Luma, the app supports DNB file imports directly and handles the Norwegian semicolon format without any extra setup.