Editing Swedish krona (section)

=== 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>