OSLO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Norway's largest bank DNB reported on Wednesday a slightly bigger than expected fourth-quarter net profit and proposed a dividend that exceeded what analysts had forecast.

Net profit fell to 9.40 billion Norwegian crowns ($897.8 million) in the October-December period from 10.1 billion a year earlier. Analysts had on average expected 9.23 billion crowns, according to a poll compiled by the bank. ($1 = 10.4697 Norwegian crowns) (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Louise Rasmussen)