SEK

For other uses, see Krona (disambiguation).

Swedish krona banknotes
Denomination	Portrait
20	Selma Lagerlöf (front)
20	Nils Holgersson (back)
50	Jenny Lind
100	Carolus Linnaeus
500	King Charles XI (front)
500	Christopher Polhem (back)
1000	King Gustav Vasa
Swedish krona coins

1 Krona (2001)

Krona is the name of the currency used in Sweden. The plural form is kronor and one krona is divided into 100 öre, singular and plural. The ISO 4217 code is SEK. Abbreviated "kr".

The introduction of the krona, which replaced the riksdaler as the country's legal tender, was a result of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which came into effect in 1873 and lasted until the First World War. The parties to the union were the Scandinavian countries, where the name was krona in Sweden and krone in Denmark and Norway, which in English literally means crown. After dissolution of the monetary union Sweden, Denmark and Norway all decided to keep the name of their respective and now separate currencies.

By tradition the one-krona coins carry the effigy of current monarch and one of the Coats of Arms of Sweden, or a crown, on the reverse side. The royal motto of the monarch is also inscribed on the coin.

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Exchange rate

The exchange rate of the Swedish krona against other currencies has historically been dependent on the monetary policy pursued by Sweden at the time. Since November 1992 a managed float regime has been upheld. On October 17, 2003, the exchange rate was 7.7295 against the United States dollar, 8.9850 against the euro and 12.915 against the British pound.

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