, 200 kronor (US$32)Green. Front: Denomination as registration device; film director Ingmar Bergman; three crowns; Death (Bengt Ekerot) and Bergman conferring on set of The Seventh Seal with camera; clapperboard gold-to-green SPARK patch. Back: Stone pillars at Gotland (Fårö), where Ingmar Bergman had his home; flowers; map of Sweden. MotionRead More…

, 50 kronor (US$7.85)Yellow and orange. Front: Denomination as registration device; musical notes on scale; poet, composer, and artist Evert Taube; three crowns; waterfall; sailboat gold-to-green SPARK patch. Back: Flowers; lighthouse at Bohuslän, one of the many places from which Evert Taube drew inspiration; boats; map of Sweden. Solid securityRead More…

Sverigis Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, has unveiled the artistic starting point for its new series of banknotes. The competition concluded in April 2012 and the jury chose “Kulturresan/Cultural journey” as the winning design. The General Council of the Riksbank decided that Göran Österlund’s entry “Kulturresan/Cultural journey” would form the artisticRead More…