A crown is a unit of currency used in the Czech Republic, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland).[ citation needed ]
"Crown", or its equivalent in other languages, is derived from the Latin word corona. The symbol for crown is usually "kr". Some countries use another symbol for it like Íkr, -, Kč.[ citation needed ]
The local name for "crown" depends on the official language of the country.[ citation needed ]
Country | Currency | Period | Notes |
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Czech Republic | Czech koruna | 1993–present | Replaced Czechoslovak koruna . |
Denmark | Danish krone | 1873–present | Replaced Danish rigsdaler |
Faroe Islands | Faroese króna | 1949–present | Form of Danish krone. |
Greenland | Greenlandic koruuni | 2008–present | Form of Danish krone. |
Iceland | Icelandic króna | 1922–present | Replaced Danish krone. |
Norway | Norwegian krone | 1875–present | Replaced Norwegian speciedaler. |
Sweden | Swedish krona | 1873–present | Replaced Swedish riksdaler |
Country | Currency | Period | Notes |
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Austria | Austrian krone | 1918–1925 | Replaced by Austrian schilling. |
Austrian Netherlands | Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler | 1755–1794 | Replaced by the French franc |
Austria-Hungary | Austro-Hungarian krone | 1892–1918 | Replaced by Austrian krone and Hungarian korona. |
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | Bohemian and Moravian koruna | 1939–1945 | Replaced by Czechoslovak koruna. |
Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovak koruna | 1919–1939; 1945–1993 | Replaced by Czech koruna and Slovak koruna. |
Estonia | Estonian kroon | 1928–1940; 1992–2011 | Soviet rouble used in-between. Replaced by euro. |
Free State of Fiume | Fiume krone | 1919–1920 | Replaced by Italian Lira |
Hungary | Hungarian korona | 1919–1926 | Abandoned due to inflation. Replaced by Hungarian pengő. |
Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein krone | 1898–1921 | Replaced by Liechtenstein franc |
Slovakia | Slovak koruna | 1939–1945; 1993–2008 | Replaced by euro. |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Yugoslav krone | 1918–1920 | Replaced by Yugoslav dinar |
The krona is the currency of the Kingdom of Sweden. It is one of the currencies of the European Union. 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. The Swedish krona was the ninth-most traded currency in the world by value in April 2016.
Krone may refer to:
The krone, plural kroner, is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway. It was traditionally known as the Norwegian crown in English; however, this has fallen out of common usage. It is nominally subdivided into 100 øre, although the last coins denominated in øre were withdrawn in 2012.
The króna or krona is the currency of Iceland. Iceland is the fifth-smallest country by population, after Vanuatu, Barbados, Tonga and the Seychelles, to have its own currency and monetary policy.
Koruna may refer to:
The svenska riksdaler was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar, was named after the German Thaler. The similarly named Reichsthaler, rijksdaalder, and rigsdaler were used in Germany and Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands, and Denmark-Norway, respectively. Riksdaler is still used as a colloquial term for krona, Sweden's modern-day currency.
The krone is the official currency of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, introduced on 1 January 1875. Both the ISO code "DKK" and currency sign "kr." are in common use; the former precedes the value, the latter in some contexts follows it. The currency is sometimes referred to as the Danish crown in English, since krone literally means crown. Historically, krone coins have been minted in Denmark since the 17th century.
Krona may refer to:
The Scandinavian Monetary Union was a monetary union formed by Denmark and Sweden on 5 May 1873, with Norway joining in 1875. It established a common currency unit, the krone/krona, based on the gold standard. It was one of the few tangible results of the Scandinavian political movement of the 19th century. The union ended during World War I.
A crown is an emblem of a monarchy, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it.
Öre is the centesimal subdivision of the Swedish krona. In the Swedish language, the plural of öre is either öre (indefinite) or ören (definitive).
Øre is the centesimal subdivision of the Danish and Norwegian krone. The Faroese division is called the oyra, but is equal in value to the Danish coin. Before their discontinuation, the corresponding divisions of the Swedish krona and the Icelandic króna were the öre and the eyrir, respectively. The name øre/öre derives from the Latin word aereus/aurum, meaning gold.
The krone was the official currency of Austria-Hungary from 1892 until the dissolution of the empire in 1918. The subunit was one hundredth of the main unit, and was called a Heller in the Austrian and a fillér in the Hungarian part of the Empire.
The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth 350,000 Danish kroner (2008). Eligible works are typically novels, plays, collections of poetry, short stories or essays, or other works that were published for the first time during the last four years, or in the case of works written in Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish, within the last two years. The prize is one of the most prestigious awards that Nordic authors can win.
The Czechoslovak koruna was the currency of Czechoslovakia from 10 April 1919 to 14 March 1939, and from 1 November 1945 to 7 February 1993. For a brief time in 1939 and again in 1993, it was also the currency of both the separate Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The rigsdaler was the name of several currencies used in Denmark until 1875. The similarly named Reichsthaler, riksdaler and rijksdaalder were used in Germany and Austria-Hungary, Sweden and the Netherlands, respectively. These currencies were often anglicized as rix-dollar or rixdollar.
The krone was a short-lived, provisional currency used in parts of the then newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, parts of which had previously been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria-Hungary). It was worth 1⁄4 of a dinar or 25 para and subdivided into one hundred hellers. The name translates into English as crown.