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0 Euro - Sverige - Sweden NATO Membership
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette of a map of NATO member states, flanked by the NATO Alliance flag and the Swedish national flag, commemorating Sweden's accession to the Alliance on 7 March 2024. The zero-euro denomination and issuer inscription appear in the lower field, alongside a guilloche underprint in the EuroSouvenir series style. The facsimile signature of R. Faille, CEO of KEAB, is printed in the lower right area, accompanied by a row of five stars. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Sweden formally joined NATO on 7 March 2024, ending more than 200 years of official non-alignment — a policy that had survived two world wars and the entirety of the Cold War. The accession came alongside Finland's, both prompted by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This souvenir zero-euro commemorates that geopolitical rupture, issued through the EuroSouvenir program using Oberthur Fiduciaire's security printing infrastructure, which gives the note genuine banknote-grade paper and intaglio printing despite carrying no monetary value.
Sweden's application had been held up for nearly two years by Turkish and Hungarian objections before final ratification cleared in early 2024.