Archive – Sweden
Lindgren, Garbo, Bergman: Sweden’s new banknotes and coins
Astrid Lindgren, Evert Taube, Greta Garbo, Ingmar Bergman, Birgit Nilsson and Dag Hammarskjöld will be the motifs on Sweden’s new banknotes. This is the decision of the General Council of the Riksbank... [ more ]
Cash money on its way to extinction?
A world without graft, bank robberies and theft? Wouldn’t it be great? But at the condition that it would be a world without cash money …? How the use of cash money might change in high tech societies in a digital world we can learn looking at Sweden. And it might be worth observation. [ more ]
«Cultural journey» the winner of the Riksbank's design competition for the new Swedish banknotes
Göran Österlund, graphic designer and engraver, has won the Riksbank’s design competition for Sweden’s new banknotes. His entry "Cultural journey” will form the artistic base for the new banknotes, which will probably be introduced in 2015... [ more ]
Sweden’s odd coins
Lately some excellent counterfeit 1-krona coins were found in Sweden. They clearly insult the king alluding to his alleged escapades. It will stay unknown who made them because police is not investigating. [ more ]
Secret of Sweden’s odd coins disclosed
The secret of Sweden’s ‘odd coins’ has been disclosed: an amateur artist reckoned it to be an art project to fake 1-crown coins inserting an insulting inscription regarding King Gustav and let friends and relatives ‘find’ the coins. [ more ]
“Sun, wind and water” theme for Sweden’s new coins
The General Council of the Riksbank has decided how Sweden’s new coins will look. Ernst Nordin’s proposal ”Sun, wind and water” will form the artistic basis for the design of the new 1-, 2-, and 5-krona coins. [ more ]