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20 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 2014-2016 |
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| Reference(s) | P#69 |
| Obverse description | A large intaglio portrait vignette of author Astrid Lindgren occupies the centre of the note against a fine guilloche underprint in shades of violet and blue. To the right, a vignette of Pippi Longstocking in mid-stride appears alongside scattered open books and a stack of volumes rendered in orange-brown, with literary quotations woven into the background microprint. A purple colour-shift security panel at the lower right bears the Three Crowns emblem and the numeral '20', surrounded by repetitive microtext lettering. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a pastoral landscape vignette of the Småland region, with meadows, a lake, and characteristic red Swedish farmhouses rendered in fine intaglio line work in tones of green and blue. An outline map of Sweden appears to the right with the Småland region highlighted in purple, situating the scene geographically. The denomination '20' and the text 'TJUGO KRONOR' are printed in the upper portion against a guilloche background. |
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The P#69 20 Kronor belongs to the sixth definitive series of Swedish banknotes, introduced while the Riksbank was already deep in planning for the seventh — the complete redesign that would follow in 2015–2016 with polymer substrates for lower denominations. This overlap made the sixth series unusually short-lived in active circulation, with the Riksbank setting a January 2017 demonetization deadline that gave holders less than three years to exchange notes before they lost all tender status.
Sweden's decision to strip legal tender status entirely — rather than allow indefinite exchange at commercial banks — was deliberate policy, part of a broader push toward cashless payment infrastructure that had already made the country one of the lowest per-capita cash users in Europe.