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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.
(1 USD = 3.60 SEK) A controlled depreciation of 30.5% against the USD on 19 September 1949. (1 USD = 5.17 SEK) Membership of the International Monetary Fund and part of the Bretton Woods system on 31 August 1951. A controlled depreciation of 1.0% against gold and a 7.5% appreciation against the USD on 21 December 1971.
Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
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The Icelandic krona similarly fell in value against the US dollar, from around 50 to 80 per dollar to about 110–115 per dollar; by mid-November 2008 it had continued to lower to 135 to the dollar. As of 2 April 2009, the value hovered around 119 per dollar, roughly maintaining that value over the next two years with 23 March 2011, prices ...
Swedish krona: 1873–present Replaced Swedish riksdaler [1] Historical use of a currency called crown. Country Currency Period Notes Ref
From 1858, the Rikes Ständers Bank issued banknotes for 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 riksdaler riksmynt. Production of these notes was taken over by Sveriges Riksbank in 1869, with the notes issued until 1873. The Scandinavian Monetary Union replaced the riksdaler riksmynt in 1873 with a new currency, the krona.