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The krone was the thirteenth-most-traded currency in the world by value in April 2010, down three positions from 2007. [1] The Norwegian krone is also informally accepted in many shops in Sweden and Finland that are close to the Norwegian border, and also in some shops in the Danish ferry ports of Hirtshals and Frederikshavn.
"Crown", or its equivalent in other languages, is derived from the Latin word corona.The symbol for crown is usually "kr". Some countries use another symbol for it like Íkr, -, Kč.
Several countries use currencies which translate as "crown": the Czech koruna, the Norwegian krone, the Danish krone, the Icelandic króna, and the Swedish krona. [ 7 ] At present, the euro is legal tender in 20 out of 27 European Union member states, [ 8 ] in addition to 6 countries not part of the EU ( Monaco , San Marino , Vatican City ...
The Norwegian 10-øre coin was deprecated on 23 February 1992 and ceased to be legal tender in 1993. From then on, the only Norwegian coin in use with a value below NOK 1 was the 50-øre coin, which was also deprecated on 1 May 2012. The original value were the 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50-øre coins.
slalom, "skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)" [21] telemark , "a turn in skiing in which the outside ski is advanced considerably ahead of the other ski and then turned inward at a steadily widening angle until the turn is complete" [ 22 ]
A currency [a] is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. [1] [2] A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money in common use within a specific environment over time, especially for people in a nation state. [3]
In the Swedish language, the plural of öre is either öre (indefinite) or ören (definitive). The name öre derives from the Latin word aereus/aurum, meaning gold. [1] The corresponding subdivisions of the Norwegian and Danish krones are called øre. Öre coins have been withdrawn since 2010, but the unit remains.
Norwegian banknotes are circulated, in addition to Norwegian coins, with a denomination of Norwegian kroner, as standard units of currency in Norway. From 1877, after the establishment of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, Norwegian banknotes of 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 10 and 5 kroner have been put into circulation. The first 200 kroner banknote ...