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The krona (Swedish: ⓘ; plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of the Kingdom of Sweden.It is one of the currencies of the European Union.Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it but, especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value.
Iceland. Norway. Sweden. v. t. e. The Scandinavian Monetary Union was a monetary union formed by Denmark and Sweden on 5 May 1873, with Norway joining in 1875. It established a common currency unit, the krone/krona, based on the gold standard. It was one of the few tangible results of the Scandinavian political movement of the 19th century.
Old Norse. Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in the Old Norse language, during the period from the 8th century to as late as the far end of the 13th century. Old Norse poetry is associated with the area now referred to as Scandinavia. Much Old Norse poetry was originally preserved in oral culture, but the Old Norse ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Royal Coin Cabinet – The National Museum of Coin, Medal and Monetary History. Established. 1786. Type. Numismatic museum. Website. ekonomiskamuseet.se /en /. The Economy Museum - Royal Coin Cabinet (Swedish: Ekonomiska museet - Kungliga Myntkabinettet) is a museum in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the history of money and economic ...
Myntverket. Myntverket (officially AB Myntverket) is a private Swedish company that produces coins and medals, including the Swedish national coins and the Nobel Prize medals. As of 2008, Swedish coins are minted by Myntverket's parent company, Mint of Finland Ltd (Swedish: Myntverket i Finland AB, Finnish: Rahapaja Oy) in Helsinki, Finland ...
From October 1992, the only coin in use in Sweden with a value below 1 kronor was the 50 öre coin. [2] On 18 December 2008, the Swedish Riksbank announced a recommendation to the Swedish government to phase out the final öre coin by 2010. [3] The coin ceased to be minted on 25 March 2009 [4] and ceased to be legal tender after 30 September 2010.
The svenska riksdaler (Swedish pronunciation: [rɪksˈdɑːlɛr]) was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar, [1] was named after the German Thaler. The similarly named Reichsthaler, rijksdaalder, and rigsdaler were used in Germany and Austria-Hungary ...