Swedish kroner

Swedish krona
svensk krona (Swedish)
The new Swedish banknotes.
ISO 4217
Code	SEK
Number	752
Exponent	2
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	öre
Plural	kronor
Symbol	kr
Nickname	spänn, pix, daler, riksdaler, crowns (English), bagare/bagis
Banknotes
Freq. used	20 kr, 50 kr, 100 kr, 200 kr, 500 kr
Rarely used	1000 kr
Coins	1 kr, 2 kr, 5 kr, 10 kr
Demographics
User(s)	Sweden
Issuance
Central bank	Sveriges Riksbank
Website	www.riksbanken.se
Printer	Tumba Bruk
Website	www.crane.se
Valuation
Inflation	1.9% (target 2.0%)
Source	April 2017
Method	CPI

The krona (Swedish: [²kruːna]; plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it but, especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value. In English, the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as krona literally means crown in Swedish. The Swedish krona was the 11th most traded currency in the world by value in April 2013.

One krona is subdivided into 100 öre (singular and plural; when referring to the currency unit itself, however, the plural definite form is ören). However, all öre coins have been discontinued as of 30 September 2010. Goods can still be priced in öre, but all sums are rounded to the nearest krona when paying with cash.

The introduction of the krona, which replaced at par the riksdaler, was a result of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which came into effect in 1876 and lasted until the beginning of World War I. The parties to the union were the Scandinavian countries, where the name was krona in Sweden and krone in Denmark and Norway, which in English literally means "crown". The three currencies were on the gold standard, with the krona/krone defined as  ¹⁄₂₄₈₀ of a kilogram of pure gold.

After dissolution of the monetary union in August 1914, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway all decided to keep the names of their respective and now separate currencies.