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500 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 2014-2022 |
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| Currency | Krona (1873-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005), the celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano renowned for her interpretations of Wagner and Richard Strauss, rendered in intaglio and positioned to the right of centre. The denomination 500 is printed in large numerals, with the issuing authority inscription running along the upper and lower margins. A decorative guilloche underprint fills the background field. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Øresund Bridge, the fixed link connecting Sweden and Denmark, set against a background underprint incorporating a map of Sweden with the region of Scania (Skåne) highlighted. The provincial flower of Scania, Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy), appears as an additional design element. The denomination numeral 500 is printed to the left. |
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P#73 belongs to the "Swedish" series launched by the Riksbank in 2015 — the largest and most technically ambitious redesign in the bank's modern history, conceived in part as a direct response to rising counterfeiting pressure on the preceding polymer-adjacent issues. The series was unusual for having two contracted printers: Crane Currency in the United States handled some production runs while De La Rue in London handled others, though the Riksbank has not publicly delineated which volumes went to which supplier.
Cotton substrate was a deliberate retention over polymer, a choice the Riksbank defended on tactile and longevity grounds despite Sweden's own aggressive push toward cashlessness during exactly this period.