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From: Stein J�rgen Rypern <[email protected]>
Subject: Nordic coins and bank notes (Was: "Hello" in norwegian)
Sender: [email protected] (Stein J�rgen Rypern)
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 10:51:38 GMT
I remember back in the old days (err, my childhood days in the late
sixties/early seventies anyway :-). Then we had the 5 �re (.05 kroner),
10 �re, 25 �re, 50 �re, 1 kroner and 5 kroner coins. 10 kroner was a
bank note. 100 kroner used to be a lot of money (at least for a small
boy). Donald Duck used to cost something like 3.75 kroner. Nowadays it
probably cost around 10 kroner. I must be getting old :-).
On the other hand, the 10 �re goes out in a blaze of glory. 10 �re
coins are being collected by school kids and returned to Norges Bank.
The money is going to cancer research. There seem to be an amazing
amount of the coins around, since almost everyone seems to have just
tossed the 10 �re in a jar somewhere. They were worth too little to
bother collecting and putting into the bank or paying with in the
shops. So the kids are collecting tons (or at least a lot of kilos) of
the coins.
Nowadays the norwegian coins are:
50 �re (0.50 kroner)
1 krone
5 kroner
10 kroner
The bank notes are:
50 kroner
100 kroner
500 kroner
1000 kroner
The coins have a profile of the king (Haakon VII pre-1957, Olav V
57-91, Harald V 1992 onwards) on one side and a crown on the other
side. The 100 kroner has a portrait of norwegian female writer Camilla
Collett on on side. Don't remember the others. Anyone else ?
BTW: coins and bank notes in the nordic countries. What values
(denominations ?) are there, and who are on the coins and notes ? Or is
that a question for rec.coins or whatever ?
Smile,
/Stein
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Department of informatics !
University of Oslo, Norway !
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From: [email protected] (Frode Milch Pedersen)
Subject: Re: Nordic coins and bank notes (Was: "Hello" in norwegian)
Sender: [email protected] (NetNews Administrator)
Organization: NTH -- Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 15:05:57 GMT
From 1994 to 1997 we will have a new series of coins, with the
denominations 50 ore, 1 krone, 5 kroner, 10 kroner, and 20 kroner. The
new coins will generally be lighter and smaller than the present coins.
(The need for this has been realized ever since 5 kr coins - popularly
called "manhole covers" were introduced in 1963.) All designs will be
changed, but all new coins will be kept in accordance with the
traditional Norwegian coin designs, with basically the same symbols we
see on the coins today. (King's portrait, royal crown etc.) I doubt we
will see bees and horses on our coins again, like the old pre-1973
coins. The 50 ore coin will be brown (like 5 ore used to be), 1 and 5
kr the same silver color as now, and 10 and 20 kr will be golden
(brass).
The new set of coins will be similar to the new set of coins already
introduced in Sweden and Denmark. (Is there a 20 kr coin in Sweden
yet?) The new Danish 10 and 20 kr coins are some of the most beautiful
coins I have seen, and I hope the new Norwegian coins will be of
similar quality.
Actually, they didn't bother making a new 10 kr coin for 1992, so they
still used late King Olav's portrait. The 1992 set of coins was the
only one in Norwegian history with two different king portraits on the
coins.
OddMagne Sekkingstad writes:
> Isn't Nansen and Bj�rnson on some bank notes(1000 and 500?)
They used to be, but (unfortunately, I'd say), not anymore. Nansen died
out with the blue 10 kr note in 1983, and Bjoernson was replaced by
Vinje on the 50 kroner notes sometime during the 1980's.
As correctly pointed out by Tom Kovar, the other banknotes feature
Collett, Grieg, and Falsen. Interestingly enough, Camilla Collett
replaced her big brother, the writer and poet Henrik Wergeland, on the
100 kroner note (in the late 70's).
Norwegian culture really suffered a loss when Niels Henrik Abel was
replaced by Grieg on the 500 kr notes a couple of years ago. Abel was
the most notable Norwegian mathematician ever, even though he died of
consumption only 27 years old. It has been said that during his short
life, he gave mathematicians enough problems to think about for
hundreds of years! His portrait on the banknotes was probably the only
example ever of Norway honoring an abstract thinker.
Interestingly enough though, when the new 500 kr notes came, they were
suddenly a lot more popular than the old Abel ones. I don't understand
why, but you always had to ask for them specifically at the bank, or
they would give you 10x100 kr notes rather than 1x500 and 5X100.
The biggest loss though, was when good old Henrik Ibsen was replaced by
Falsen (I must admit I didn't know who Falsen was before the new
banknote came). Not only was Ibsen an outstanding writer, but his
portrait on the 1000 kr notes really gave you respect for the piece of
paper you were holding in your hands! You could really feel that this
was the highest banknote denomination! Also, the reverse side of it,
with the picture of the Vardoe lighthouse, was beautiful as well as
dramatic.
The new banknotes look like they have been made by some kind of
machine. The portraits and pictures on the reverse sides of them are
well made though. The paper is also of better quality than that of the
old notes.
Does anyone know what all the obscure objects on the reverse side of
the banknotes are? The 100 kroner notes have some kind of brooch, I
don't remember right now what's on the other ones...
-- Frode M. Pedersen
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From: "Stein J�rgen Rypern" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Nordic coins and bank notes (Was: "Hello" in norwegian)
Sender: [email protected] (Stein J�rgen Rypern)
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 12:34:41 GMT
After starting to talk about norwegian coins and bank notes, I sort of
got curious (occupational hazard for a graduate student :-), so I
looked up the bios of the persons on the norwegian bank notes and
compiled a quick rehash yesterday night.
Attached to this post are the notes I made. Probably a lot more than
you ever wanted to know about Vinje, Collett, Falsen and Ibsen, and
probably grossly oversimplified etc. In particular, I guess there
probably are a lot of people who know more about Ibsen that I found out
from an encylopedia :-)
VINJE, AASMUND OLAVSSON (50 KRONER NOTE)
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Poet, proponent of the nynorsk written standard. Born Vinje, Telemark
1818, died Gran, Hadeland 1870. Grew up in a poor family. Started
working at 18 as a traveling teacher in the coutryside. Later attended
the Asker Seminary for teachers, where he graduated in 1843. Worked as
a teacher 43-48. Then juridical education. Qualified as a lawyer
(Overrettssakfoerer) 1856.
Worked as a newspaperman for the newspapers Morgenbladet and Drammens
Tidende. Then started his own newspaper, D�len, in 1856. He published
the paper until his death in 1870, and wrote most of the contents
himself. The paper was the first newspaper written in nynorsk. Together
with Ivar Aasen and Arne Garborg one of the most important proponents
of the nynorsk written standard for norwegian.
Received travel scholarships (presumably from the government ?), and
travelled extensively in the years 1860-63, both in Europe and around
Norway. Worked as a legal clerk in the justice departement 1865-68, but
was fired after critizing the government severely (What about?). Lived
off the income from his writing the last two years of his life.
Most of his articles, speeches and poems were published in his
newspaper, D�len, like the wellknown poems "Blaamann", "Du gamle mor",
"Vaaren" og the classic "ved Rondane" (No ser eg atter slike fjell og
dalar ..). He also published several books, the best known probably his
travelogue (sp?) "Ferdaminni" (1861), which was a description of life
in the mountain valleys of Norway.
COLLETT, CAMILLA (100 KRONER NOTE)
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Author and a champion of womens rights. Born Kristiansand, Vest-Agder,
1813, died Kristiania (Oslo) 1895. Daughter of politician and priest
Nicolai Wergeland, and sister of the great author Henrik Wergeland.
Grew up at the vicarage at Eidsvoll, where the father was priest.
At age 17 she fell hopelessly in love with the poet Johan Sebastian
Welhaven, but it was a rather one-sided affair. She later (in 1841)
married the politician and lawyer Jonas Collett, who supported her
ideas about womens rights. He died after only 10 years of marriage. The
pensions she recieved for her late husband was so small, that she had
to dissolve her home and let relatives take hand of her children.
Camilla Collett wrote a diary during her youth, and she later edited
and compiled her diaries and letters from this period for publication
after her death. Published in four volumes in the years 1926-33, these
books give us an intense and dramatic view into the culture life of the
19th century.
She first published a few folktales and stories, partly in
collaboration with the wellknown collector of folktales, Asbj�rnsen.
Her major work as an author is considered to the novel "Amtmandens
d�tre" which were published in two volumes in 1854-55. It was one of
the first realistic novels in norwegian, and she strongly expressed the
view that women should be allowed to make their own choices in
particular in the selection of a husband.
The novel sharply criticized the attitudes and conventions of the upper
class, but does not question the existence of an upper class. It sort
of sets up an ideal for how this upper class should behave.
Nevertheless this book was considered to be a major step in the
emacipation of women.
As an connoisseur of the language, she probably reached the top in her
memoirs "I de lange n�tter" (1862) where she described her childhood
home at Eidvoll and her father and brother.
Her late authorship were mostly about womens rights. She wrote a large
number of articles and essays, and developed as a very able debater and
proponent of womens liberation. She came to understand that this also a
social and political problem, even though she always stressed that the
personal independence of women were the most important issue.
FALSEN, CHRISTIAN MAGNUS (500 KRONER NOTE)
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Lawyer and the principal author of most of the draft constitution later
adopted at Eidsvoll 17 mai 1814. Born 1782, died 1830. Was chairman of
the constitution comittee at Eidsvoll, and for a period also chairman
of the whole assembly. Often considered to be the "father of the
constitution".
Later governor (stiftsamtmann) in Bergen 1825. Chief of the supreme
court (h�esterett) 1827.
IBSEN, HENRIK (1000 KRONER NOTE)
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Major norwegian author and playwright. Born Skien, Telemark 1828, died
Kristiania (Oslo) 1906. Son of a well-to-do merchant in Skien, who
later went bankrupt when Henrik was 8 years old. Apprentice in a
pharmacy in Grimstad, then one year at the Heltberg 'student factory'
in Kristiania in 1850-51.
Started working as a producer in "Det Norske Theather" in Bergen
1851-57. Then worked in theathers in Oslo 1857-64. Went abroad, and
stayed abroad (Italy, Dresden, Munich) for 27 years before settling in
Kristiania in his old age.
He wrote a large number of plays, too many to mention all of them here,
and certainly too many to rehash the reviews I skimmed through in the
encyclopedia I used for this post.
His early works contains several historic plays: "Fru Inger til
�str�t", "Gildet p� Solhaug", "H�rmendene p� Helgeland". Then a play
critcizing the society: "Kj�rlighetens komedie" which were poorly
received. In reaction to this response he wrote the play "kongsemnene".
The came the great plays, his breakthrough as a playwright: "Brand" and
"Peer Gynt".
With the play "Samfunnets st�tter" (The pilars of the community ?) he
started a group of plays discussing the community and public affairs.
Another wellknown play in this group is "Et Dukkehjem" (A dolls house).
He then progressed to write some deep, soul-searching plays, among them
"Vildanden", before fading out with some rather bitter plays in his
last years
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Department of informatics ! HOME OF THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
University of Oslo, Norway ! (and a species descended from rodents,
[email protected] ! but I forget the name - Homo something ?)
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