Editing Swedish krona (section)

== Banknotes ==
=== History ===
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In 1874, notes were introduced by the [[Sveriges Riksbank|Riksbank]] in denominations of 1 krona and 5, 10, 50, 100 and 1,000 kronor. The 1 krona was only initially issued for two years, although it reappeared between 1914 and 1920. In 1939 and 1958, 10,000-kronor notes were issued.

Production of the 5-kronor note ceased in 1981, although a coin had been issued since 1972. With the introduction of a 10-krona coin in 1991, production of 10-kronor notes ceased and a 20-kronor note was introduced.

All remaining one krona banknotes became invalid after 31 December 1987. All remaining five krona and ten krona banknotes became invalid after 31 December 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/invalid-banknotes/banknotes-that-became-invalid-prior-to-2016/10-000-krona-banknotes/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=10,000-kronor banknotes |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref>

An exhaustive list of every banknote design since 1874 is not included, but the following five designs were or will be retired in 2016–2017. The oldest design began to be printed in 1985.

A 20-kronor banknote (a new denomination) was printed 1991–1995 with a portrait of the writer [[Selma Lagerlöf]] and on the reverse was an engraved interpretation of a passage from the book ''[[The Wonderful Adventures of Nils]]''. The banknote became invalid after 31 December 2005. A more secure version with the same portrait was printed from 1997 to 2008 and became invalid after 30 June 2016.

A 50-kronor banknote (3rd design since 1896) was printed 1996–2003 with a portrait of the singer [[Jenny Lind]] and on the reverse was a picture of a [[Nyckelharpa|silver harp]] and its tonal range. The banknote became invalid after 31 December 2013. A more secure version with the same portrait was printed from 2006 to 2011 and became invalid after 30 June 2016.

A 100-kronor banknote (3rd design since 1898) was printed 1986–2000 with a portrait of the botanist [[Carl Linnaeus]] and on the reverse was a drawing of a bee pollinating a flower. The banknote became invalid after 31 December 2005. A more secure version with the same portrait was introduced in 2001 and became invalid after 30 June 2017.

A 500-kronor banknote (a new denomination) in a blue shade was introduced in 1985 with a portrait of [[Charles XI of Sweden|King Charles XI]] and on the reverse an engraving depicts [[Christopher Polhem]], the "father of Swedish engineering". These banknotes became invalid on 31 December 1998. A 500-kronor banknote (red, but without foil strips) with the same portrait was printed 1989–2000. This banknote became invalid after 31 December 2005. A more secure version with the same portrait was introduced in 2001 and became invalid after 30 June 2017. The banknote had some controversy in 1985 because of the executions of "[[Snapphane]]" guerrilla warriors that King Charles XI ordered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvp/kronikorer/erik-direkt/erik-direkt-karl-xi-hade-behovt-baten/|title=Karl XI hade behövt båten|language=sv|date=10 July 2010|work=[[Expressen]]|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630062908/https://www.expressen.se/kvp/kronikorer/erik-direkt/erik-direkt-karl-xi-hade-behovt-baten/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first two designs of 1,000-kronor banknotes (printed from 1894 to 1950 and 1952–1973) became invalid on 31 December 1987. The third design with portrait of [[Charles XIV John|King Charles XIV John]] and [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]] (printed 1976–1988) and declared invalid on 31 December 1998. In preparation for retirement of the 10,000-kronor banknotes a new 1,000-kronor banknotes (of the 4th design / without foil strips) was printed from 1989 to 1991 with a portrait of [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]] and on the reverse a harvest picture from [[Olaus Magnus]]'s [[A Description of the Northern Peoples|Description of the Northern Peoples]] from 1555. Circulation peaked at over 48 million in 2001.

On 15 March 2006, the Riksbank introduced a new, more secure 1,000-kronor banknote with the same portrait and the Riksbank became the first central bank in the world to use the security feature of MOTION (a moving image in the striped band) on the new 1,000-kronor banknote. When the banknote is tilted, the picture in the striped band appears to move.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.riksbank.se/en/Web-archive/Published/Press-Releases/2006/Riksbank-to-introduce-new-more-secure-50-and-1000-krona-banknotes/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=Riksbank to introduce new, more secure 50 and 1000-kronor banknotes |date=6 March 2006 |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref> The Vasa banknote without security thread became invalid after 31 December 2013 at which time there was only 10 million in circulation. The Vasa banknotes with the security thread became invalid after 30 June 2016 at which time there was under 4&nbsp;million in circulation. Replacement banknotes featuring [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] became valid on 1 October 2015, but were circulated in considerably fewer quantities (less than 3.5&nbsp;million), thus reducing the supply of cash in Sweden.

The 10,000 krona banknote was always printed in small quantities as it was one of the most valuable banknotes in the world. The first design featuring the Head of [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] was printed in 1939 and became invalid after 31 December 1987. The second design was printed 1958 and featured a portrait of [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|Gustav VI Adolf]], and became invalid after 31 December 1991.

Invalid banknotes can be redeemed via the Riksbank, with an administration fee of 200 kronor.

=== Current series ===
On 6{{nbsp}}April 2011, the Riksbank announced the names of the persons whose portraits would decorate the new series of banknotes that would be introduced in 2015. This would also include a new 200-kronor banknote. These are:

*[[Astrid Lindgren]] on the 20-kronor banknote; purple
*[[Evert Taube]] on the 50-kronor banknote; orange
*[[Greta Garbo]] on the 100-kronor banknote; blue
*[[Ingmar Bergman]] on the 200-kronor banknote; green
*[[Birgit Nilsson]] on the 500-kronor banknote; red
*[[Dag Hammarskjöld]] on the 1,000-kronor banknote; brown

On 24{{nbsp}}April 2012, the Riksbank announced the base for the new designs of the banknotes, based on Göran Österlund's entry titled ''Cultural Journey''.<ref name="riksbanken">{{cite web |url=http://www.riksbank.se/en/Notes-and-coins/New-notes-and-coins1/The-new-banknotes/Artistic-starting-point/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=Artistic starting point |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224060603/http://www.riksbank.se/en/Notes-and-coins/New-notes-and-coins1/The-new-banknotes/Artistic-starting-point/ |archive-date=24 December 2014|access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="New banknotes"/>

The first banknotes, the 20, 50, 200, and 1,000 krona, were issued on 1 October 2015 with the other two notes, the 100 and 500 krona, followed on 3{{nbsp}}October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banknotenews.com/files/70982f4ddf886a2911c2eb76f5d2fd26-4054.php |website=banknotenews.com |title=Sweden new 100- and 500-krona notes confirmed introduced 03.10.2016 |date=7 October 2016}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:90%; border-width:1px;"
! colspan=8 | ''Cultural Journey'' series (2017)<ref name="New banknotes">{{cite web |url=http://www.riksbank.se/en/Notes--coins/Banknotes/New-banknotes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233108/http://www.riksbank.se/en/Notes--coins/Banknotes/New-banknotes/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=New banknotes |date=13 February 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=Valid banknotes |date=13 February 2015 |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref><br/>{{small|Designer: Göran Österlund}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | Image
! rowspan=2 | Value
! rowspan=2 | Dimensions<br/>(mm)
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Main<br/>colour
! colspan=2 | Description
! rowspan=2 | Issued<br/>from
|-
! Obverse
! Reverse
|-
| align=center | <ref name=20kr>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/20-krona-banknote/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=20-krona banknote |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2025 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121222348/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/20-krona-banknote/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 20&nbsp;kr
| align=center | 120 × 66{{r|20kr}}
| style="background:#E080E0;"|
| Violet
| [[Astrid Lindgren]];<br/>[[Pippi Longstocking]]
| Forest road, [[Småland]];<br/>''[[Linnaea borealis]]''
| 1 October 2015
|-
| align=center | <ref name=50kr>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/50-krona-banknote/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=50-krona banknote |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
| 50&nbsp;kr
| align=center | 126 × 66{{r|50kr}}
| style="background:#FFC080"|
| Orange
| [[Evert Taube]];<br/>''[[:sv:Så länge skutan kan gå|Så länge skutan kan gå]]''
| [[Bohuslän]] coastline, [[Rock Carvings in Tanum|Tanum rock carvings]];<br/>''[[Lonicera periclymenum]]''
| 1 October 2015
|-
| align=center | <ref name=100kr>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/100-krona-banknote/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=100-krona banknote |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
| 100&nbsp;kr
| align=center | 133 × 66{{r|100kr}}
| style="background:#80C0FF;"|
| Blue
| [[Greta Garbo]];<br/>[[filmstrip]]
| [[Stockholm]] panorama;<br/>''[[Nymphaea alba]]'', ''[[Fritillaria meleagris]]''
| 3 October 2016
|-
| align=center | <ref name=200kr>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/200-krona-banknote/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=200-krona banknote |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
| 200&nbsp;kr
| align=center | 140 × 66{{r|200kr}}
| style="background:#80C080;"|
| Green
| [[Ingmar Bergman]];<br/>''[[The Seventh Seal]]''
| [[Rauk]]s in [[Fårö]], [[Gotland]];<br/>''[[Hedera helix]]''
| 1 October 2015
|-
| align=center | <ref name=500kr>{{cite web |url=http://www.riksbank.se/en/Notes--coins/Banknotes/Valid-banknotes/500-krona-banknote/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=500-krona banknote |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2025 |archive-date=6 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506032918/http://www.riksbank.se/en/Notes--coins/Banknotes/Valid-banknotes/500-krona-banknote/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 500&nbsp;kr
| align=center | 147 × 66{{r|500kr}}
| style="background:#FF8080;"|
| Red
| [[Birgit Nilsson]];<br/>''[[Die Walküre]]''
| [[Öresund Bridge]], [[ox-eye daisy]], [[Skåne]]
| 3 October 2016
|-
| align=center | <ref name=1000kr>{{cite web |url=https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/notes--coins/notes/valid-banknotes/1000-krona-banknote/ |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |title=1&nbsp;000-krona banknote |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
| 1000&nbsp;kr
| align=center | 154 × 66{{r|1000kr}}
| style="background:#C0A080;"|
| Grey<br/>brown
| [[Dag Hammarskjöld]],<br/>[[United Nations Secretariat Building|UN secretariat]] and [[emblem of the United Nations|emblem]]
| [[Laponian area]] and [[Sarek National Park]],<br/>[[Lapland (Sweden)|Lapland]]; ''[[Dryas octopetala]]''
| 1 October 2015
|-
| colspan=8 | {{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=}}
|}

==== 500 kr banknote controversy ====
Opera singer [[Malena Ernman]] has criticized the Riksbank for choosing a design where [[Birgit Nilsson]] was depicted performing ''[[Die Walküre]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]]. She pointed out that it was very inappropriate to include something by Wagner, whose works were associated with [[Nazi Germany]], in a time of increasing problems with [[antisemitism in Sweden]]. Wagner died long before the Nazi era, and the association is that Hitler liked his music. The Riksbank replied saying that it is "unfortunate that the choice of design is seen as negative", and stated that it is not going to be changed.<ref name=Ernman>{{cite news|last=Andersson|first=Elisabet|title=Ernman kritiserar ny sedel|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/ernman-kritiserar-ny-sedel_4267507.svd|access-date=20 January 2015|newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|date=20 January 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>

{{Lang|sv|[[Dagens Nyheter]]}} journalist Björn Wiman went further in his criticism, condemning the Riksbank for selecting Nilsson at all for the 500-kronor banknote. He brings up an example from Nilsson's 1995 autobiography, where she described Mauritz Rosengarten from [[Decca Records|Decca]] using antisemitic jokes about greed.<ref name=Wiman>{{cite news|last1=Wiman|first1=Björn|title=Björn Wiman: Birgit Nilssons skamlösa judekoppling visar antisemitismen|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kronikor/bjorn-wiman-birgit-nilssons-skamlosa-judekoppling-visar-antisemitismen/|access-date=22 January 2015|newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|date=22 January 2015|language=sv|archive-date=23 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123235501/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kronikor/bjorn-wiman-birgit-nilssons-skamlosa-judekoppling-visar-antisemitismen/|url-status=live}}</ref>