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50 Kroner 1948-1976, Bjørnson & farming
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 1950-1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on light ground. A portrait vignette of Norwegian author and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is positioned at upper left, with the Arms of Norway set above a central underprint of oats and wheat sheaves. A watermark window occupies the right portion of the note. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson |
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Norges Bank brought its printing fully in-house during the postwar years, and this series was among the first to be produced entirely at Seddeltrykkeri in Oslo — a facility the bank had established to reduce dependence on foreign printers after the occupation. Arnstein Arneberg was better known as an architect, co-designer of Oslo City Hall, which makes his work on this series an unusual commission.
The long signature run across fifteen years — from Jahn/Thorp through to Brofoss/Ottesen — traces the bank's postwar leadership in unusually granular detail. Erik Brofoss, who signed from 1954, had previously served as Minister of Finance and then Minister of Commerce; his appointment as central bank governor carried distinct political weight in Norway's reconstruction economy.