500 Kroner 'Plovmand' Heilmann type III

Heilmann's agricultural imagery for this series was considered progressive for Danish banknote art when first commissioned in the 1920s — a deliberate break from the architectural formalism that had dominated Scandinavian note design. The "Plovmand" (ploughman) nickname stuck immediately and has never been displaced by the official designation.

The Type III classification reflects successive plate revisions made as the Nationalbank tightened control over the series through the late interwar period. Notes issued in 1940 and 1941 circulated under German occupation, though Denmark's relatively protected economic status within the occupation meant the currency itself was not replaced or inflated at the rate seen elsewhere in occupied Europe.