Swedish krona
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The krona (Swedish: [ˈkrûːna] ; plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of Sweden. 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. In English, the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as krona means "crown" in Swedish. As the ninth-most traded currency in the world by value, the Swedish krona is one of the world's G10 currencies, and is the fourth-most traded from Europe after the euro, British pound and Swiss franc. Banknotes are issued by the Sveriges Riksbank. One krona is subdivided into 100 öre (singular; plural öre or ören, where the former is always used after a cardinal number, hence "50 öre", but otherwise the latter is often preferred in contemporary speech). Coins as small as 1 öre were formerly in use, but the last coin smaller than 1 krona was discontinued in 2010. Goods can still be priced in öre, but all sums are rounded to the nearest krona when paying with cash. The word öre is ultimately derived from the Latin word for gold (aurum).
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| Circulating series (1991–2016) | |||||||||||
| Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Issuedfrom | |||||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Diameter(mm) | Thickness(mm) | Mass(g) | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | |||
| 1 krona | 19.50 | 1.79 | 3.60 | Copper-plated steel | Reeded | Carl XVI Gustaf;year of issue | Stylised solar corona;Three crowns;value; lettering: Sverige | 2016 | |||
| 2 kronor | 22.50 | 4.80 | Interruptedreeding | Stylised whirlwind;Three crowns;value; lettering: Sverige | |||||||
| 5 kronor | 23.75 | 1.95 | 6.10 | Nordic gold:Cu: 89%Al: 5%Zn: 5%Sn: 1% | Smooth | Stylised waves;Three crowns;value; lettering: Sverige | |||||
| | | 10 kronor | 20.50 | 2.90 | 6.60 | Interruptedreeding | Carl XVI Gustaf;royal motto | Three crowns; value;year of issue | 1991–2000 | ||
| Carl XVI Gustaf;year of issue | Three crowns; value;royal motto | 2001 | |||||||||
| For table standards, see the coin specification table. | |||||||||||
| Cultural Journey series (2017)Designer: Göran Österlund | |||||||
| Image | Value | Dimensions(mm) | Maincolour | Description | Issuedfrom | ||
| Obverse | Reverse | ||||||
| 20 kr | 120 × 66 | Violet | Astrid Lindgren;Pippi Longstocking | Forest road, Småland;Linnaea borealis | 1 October 2015 | ||
| 50 kr | 126 × 66 | Orange | Evert Taube;Så länge skutan kan gå | Bohuslän coastline, Tanum rock carvings;Lonicera periclymenum | |||
| 100 kr | 133 × 66 | Blue | Greta Garbo;filmstrip | Stockholm panorama;Nymphaea alba, Fritillaria meleagris | 3 October 2016 | ||
| 200 kr | 140 × 66 | Green | Ingmar Bergman;The Seventh Seal | Rauks in Fårö, Gotland;Hedera helix | 1 October 2015 | ||
| 500 kr | 147 × 66 | Red | Birgit Nilsson;Die Walküre | Öresund Bridge, ox-eye daisy, Skåne | 3 October 2016 | ||
| 1000 kr | 154 × 66 | Brown | Dag Hammarskjöld,UN secretariat and emblem | Laponian area and Sarek National Park,Lapland; Dryas octopetala | 1 October 2015 | ||
| For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | |||||||
| Year | USD | EUR | GBP | CHF |
| 1993 | 7.2768 | 9.1042 | 11.6993 | 5.2784 |
| 1994 | 7.6494 | 9.1390 | 11.8094 | 5.6536 |
| 1995 | 6.8301 | 9.2275 | 11.2644 | 6.0401 |
| 1996 | 6.7412 | 8.3996 | 10.4606 | 5.4377 |
| 1997 | 7.6342 | 8.6249 | 12.5048 | 5.2618 |
| 1998 | 8.0048 | 8.9306 | 13.1715 | 5.4966 |
| 1999 | 8.2010 | 8.8076 | 13.3720 | 5.5041 |
| 2000 | 9.4139 | 8.4465 | 13.8640 | 5.4254 |
| 2001 | 10.5702 | 9.2516 | 14.8691 | 6.1274 |
| 2002 | 9.8761 | 9.1627 | 14.5797 | 6.2448 |
| 2003 | 8.2107 | 9.1250 | 13.1946 | 6.0042 |
| 2004 | 7.5739 | 9.1268 | 13.4560 | 5.9125 |
| 2005 | 7.6133 | 9.2848 | 13.5782 | 5.9970 |
| 2006 | 7.4021 | 9.2549 | 13.5752 | 5.8842 |
| 2007 | 6.8221 | 9.2481 | 13.5281 | 5.6314 |
| 2008 | 6.5808 | 9.6055 | 12.0912 | 6.0585 |
| 2009 | 7.6458 | 10.6213 | 11.9260 | 7.0342 |
| 2010 | 7.2049 | 9.5413 | 11.1256 | 6.9114 |
| 2011 | 6.4969 | 9.0335 | 10.4115 | 7.3454 |
| 2012 | 6.7754 | 8.7053 | 10.7340 | 7.2227 |
| 2013 | 6.5140 | 8.6494 | 10.1863 | 7.0255 |
| 2014 | 6.8577 | 9.0969 | 11.2917 | 7.4903 |
| 2015 | 8.4350 | 9.3562 | 12.8962 | 8.7655 |
| 2016 | 8.5613 | 9.4704 | 11.5664 | 8.6882 |
| 2017 | 8.5380 | 9.6326 | 10.9896 | 8.6692 |
| 2018 | 8.6921 | 10.2567 | 11.5928 | 8.8836 |
| 2019 | 9.4604 | 10.5892 | 12.0658 | 9.5185 |
| 2020 | 9.2037 | 10.4867 | 11.7981 | 9.7978 |
| 2021 | 8.5815 | 10.1449 | 11.8022 | 9.3844 |
| 2022 | 10.1245 | 10.6317 | 12.4669 | 10.5949 |
| 2023 | 10.6128 | 11.4765 | 13.1979 | 11.8173 |
| Year | Per capita | % in 1000 SEK banknotes | End-of-year SEK/USD | Equivalent USD | Surpassing Sweden | %GDP |
| 1988 | 6,459 kr | not largest note | 6.1325 | $1,053 | ||
| 1989 | 7,118 kr | 6.2270 | $1,143 | |||
| 1990 | 7,174 kr | 5.6980 | $1,259 | |||
| 1991 | 8,828 kr | 5.5500 | $1,591 | |||
| 1992 | 8,529 kr | 53.1% | 7.0500 | $1,210 | ||
| 1993 | 8,684 kr | 52.6% | 8.3325 | $1,042 | United States | |
| 1994 | 8,696 kr | 51.8% | 7.4615 | $1,166 | ||
| 1995 | 8,682 kr | 49.4% | 6.6177 | $1,312 | ||
| 1996 | 9,139 kr | 47.8% | 6.8859 | $1,327 | 4.4% | |
| 1997 | 9,360 kr | 47.4% | 7.9082 | $1,184 | 4.3% | |
| 1998 | 9,750 kr | 47.5% | 8.0770 | $1,207 | 4.5% | |
| 1999 | 11,120 kr | 47.5% | 8.5233 | $1,305 | 4.9% | |
| 2000 | 11,013 kr | 47.0% | 9.4909 | $1,160 | 4.4% | |
| 2001 | 12,039 kr | 45.2% | 10.5540 | $1,141 | 4.7% | |
| 2002 | 11,989 kr | 43.8% | 8.7278 | $1,374 | 4.6% | |
| 2003 | 12,161 kr | 41.9% | 7.1892 | $1,692 | Euro Area | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 12,107 kr | 41.8% | 6.6226 | $1,828 | 4.1% | |
| 2005 | 12,301 kr | 41.0% | 7.9584 | $1,546 | 4.1% | |
| 2006 | 12,375 kr | 37.6% | 6.8644 | $1,803 | 3.9% | |
| 2007 | 12,494 kr | 34.0% | 6.4136 | $1,948 | Australia | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 12,130 kr | 30.6% | 7.8106 | $1,553 | 3.5% | |
| 2009 | 11,681 kr | 28.7% | 7.1165 | $1,641 | Canada | 3.5% |
| 2010 | 11,106 kr | 27.3% | 6.7097 | $1,655 | 3.1% | |
| 2011 | 10,515 kr | 25.2% | 6.8877 | $1,527 | 2.8% | |
| 2012 | 10,059 kr | 22.3% | 6.5045 | $1,547 | 2.6% | |
| 2013 | 8,849 kr | 11.3% | 6.4238 | $1,378 | Saudi Arabia, UK | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 8,578 kr | 9.4% | 7.7366 | $1,109 | Korea, Poland | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 7,362 kr | 7.7% | 8.4408 | $872 | China | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 6,242 kr | 7.7% | 9.0622 | $689 | Russia | 1.4% |
| 2017 | 5,731 kr | 8.3% | 8.2080 | $698 | 1.3% | |
| 2018 | 6,111 kr | 7.3% | 8.9562 | $682 | 1.3% | |
| 2019 | 6,175 kr | 6.6% | 9.299 | $664 | Mexico | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 5,768 kr | 6.2% | 8.177 | $742 | 1.3% |
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