{"id":34,"date":"2009-01-29T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=34"},"modified":"2009-01-29T20:00:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T00:00:55","slug":"norske-kroner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norske-kroner\/","title":{"rendered":"Norske kroner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’m going to give alle dere <\/strong>(all of you) a lesson on Norwegian currency aka. norske kroner (Norwegian crowns).\u00a0 Norwegian currency, like most, consists of both paper bills and coin.\u00a0\u00a0There are a few\u00a0things\u00a0I’ve always\u00a0appreciated about Norwegian currency.\u00a0 I think it’s brilliant that the bills are different sizes and not only are the coins different sizes, but some denominations have holes in the middle and some do not.\u00a0 These features make it easier for foreigners, young children, and especially blind people to tell the difference between denominations.\u00a0 After I became familiar with Norwegian currency, I began to think to myself, “why doesn’t all currency have these features?\u00a0 It only makes sense…”\u00a0 And to be honest, I have no idea if the reason for these features is for the assumed purpose, but I can only guess so.<\/p>\n

If you travel to Norway and will be either selling or purchasing goods, you will want to be familiar with norske kroner<\/strong>.\u00a0 By the way, I wasn’t able to find very much information on Norwegian currency and why it is the way it is, but if I could take a guess as to why the currency in Norway is referred to as ‘crowns,’ I would presume it is because Norway is a very nationalistic country and not only does royalty exist, but it is very important to the Norwegian people.\u00a0 I suppose, hypothetically speaking,\u00a0if there had ever been a king or queen of the United States, after\u00a0we\u00a0abolished royalty, would have re-named our currency.\u00a0 Norway, on the other hand, still has a king and a queen, so they still have crowns!<\/p>\n

Norwegian\u00a0coins come in the following denominations: 50 \u00f8re<\/strong>, 1 krone<\/strong>, 5 kroner<\/strong>, 10 kroner<\/strong>, and 20 kroner. <\/strong>Norwegian bills come in the following denominations: 50 kroner, 100 kroner, 200, kroner, 500 kroner, <\/strong>and 1000 kroner. <\/strong>Today the exchange rate is 1 dollar = 6.76 kroner. <\/strong>When I was in Norway 2 years go, I believe the exchange rate was 7 crowns to the dollar, which isn’t too much different than it is right now, but I believe it has been much worse in the last 2 years.\u00a0 Even as\u00a0recent as 5 years ago, the dollar was worth much more.\u00a0 My Norwegian friends and relatives who have visited in the last 5 years have gone crazy at the Mall of America (which is only 45 minutes from my house by the way) and spent way more money than we would ever think of spending there.\u00a0 Part of it of course is because the average Norwegian has more expendable income than the average American, but part of it is also because the Norwegian crown is worth more than our dollar, so Norwegians get a bargain for their money here.<\/p>\n

Another feature of Norwegian currency that I respect is the fact that\u00a0Norwegians not only recognize important politcal figures, but cultural figures in their history as well.\u00a0 For instance, Peter Christian Asbj\u00f8rnsen <\/strong>is on the 50 kroner <\/strong>bill.\u00a0 He was a famous writer and scholar of Norwegian folklore.\u00a0 Kirsten Flagstad <\/strong>is on the 100 kroner <\/strong>bill.\u00a0 She was an opera singer.\u00a0 Kristian Birkeland <\/strong>was a scientist who who led several expeditions to northern Norway and discovered important scientific developments including magnetic currents.\u00a0 Sigrid Undset<\/strong>, who\u00a0won the\u00a0Nobel\u00a0Prize in literature in 1928 <\/strong>is on the 200 kroner <\/strong>bill, and the famous artist Edvard Munch <\/strong>is on the 500 kroner <\/strong>bill.\u00a0 I think it is great that Norway recognizes cultural figures on their paper bills.<\/p>\n

Now that you have a lesson on Norwegian currency, practice saying kroner <\/strong>(pronounced ‘krooooner’ with flipped Rs) and penger (<\/strong>means money and is pronounced just how it reads, with a soft g).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I’m going to give alle dere (all of you) a lesson on Norwegian currency aka. norske kroner (Norwegian crowns).\u00a0 Norwegian currency, like most, consists of both paper bills and coin.\u00a0\u00a0There are a few\u00a0things\u00a0I’ve always\u00a0appreciated about Norwegian currency.\u00a0 I think it’s brilliant that the bills are different sizes and not only are the coins different…<\/p>\n

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