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The Swedish “crown”, as some English-speakers refer to it, is called den svenska kronan<\/em> in Swedish. The international currency code for the Swedish krona<\/em> is SEK.<\/p>\n When you start spending a lot of time with Swedes, you’ll notice that they don’t always call their currency by its proper name (krona<\/em>\/kronor<\/em> [plural]).<\/p>\n In the Western Hemisphere, Americans are prone to refer to their dollar as a “buck” or a few “bucks”. “Dollar” is the official name (international code USD), but in everyday language, people often talk about “bucks”.<\/p>\n The Swedish krona<\/em> has a similar thing going on, and that is: sp\u00e4nn<\/em><\/strong>. Yes, the slang word for kronor<\/em> (plural) is\u00a0sp\u00e4nn<\/em>. As a result, you’ll hear a lot of people talk about how a book cost them hundra sp\u00e4nn<\/em> “(one) hundred crowns” and how their vacation in Turkey was a bargain at sextusen sp\u00e4nn<\/em> “six-thousand crowns”. Just like you’d hear an American say “twelve bucks” or “seven-hundred bucks”.<\/p>\n Sometimes, Swedes even leave out a currency word completely when it’s clear that you’re referring to money. For example:<\/p>\n Lars: Fan, vilken snygg skjorta!<\/em> – Damn, what a nice shirt! Anders could also have added kronor<\/em> or sp\u00e4nn<\/em> to his sentence after the number hundrafemtio<\/em>, but it was clear from the context that he was referring to currency.<\/p>\n Similarly, if you’re checking out at the supermarket, your cashier might tell you the total is nittio och trettio<\/em> “ninety and thirty”. Do they actually mean 120? No, of course not! That’s 90,30 = 90 crowns and 30 \u00f6re<\/em>. (One \u00f6re<\/em> is a 1\/100 of a krona<\/em>. It’s like the “cent” to the “dollar”.) Yet again, the currency name is left out.<\/p>\n Context is key! Cheers \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Swedish “crown”, as some English-speakers refer to it, is called den svenska kronan in Swedish. The international currency code for the Swedish krona is SEK. When you start spending a lot of time with Swedes, you’ll notice that they don’t always call their currency by its proper name (krona\/kronor [plural]). In the Western…<\/p>\n
\nAnders: Tack! Den kostade bara hundrafemtio.<\/em> – Thanks! It cost just 150 [crowns].<\/p>\n