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The 50 kroner (50 crowns) has Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, a collector of Norwegian folktales in the 19th century. The backgrounds are based on a tale of his called "En Sommernat på Krogskoven" ("A summer night in Krogskogen"). | |
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The 100 kroner bill features Kirsten Flagstad, a Norwegian opera singer who created a sensation in her time with what was often called "the voice of the century." Kirsten is considered the preeminent Wagnerian soprano. | |
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On the 200 kroner bill is Kristian Birkeland, the Norwegian scientist who explained the aurora borealis. The backgrouds are illustrations of the northern lights as they are seen during daylight, which is possible from Svalbard Norway. | |
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The 200 kroner bill features Sigrid Undset, one of three Norwegians to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Sigrid wrote 36 books, the most known being the medieval period pieces "Kristin Lavransdatter" and "Olav Audunssønn." | |
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The 1000 kroner bill has Edvard Munch, the great Norwegian painter whose subjects were often as bleak as his style was dynamic. His most famous painting throughout the world is the dramatic work called "The Scream." | |
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This is our 50 øre coin. There are one hundred øre to one krone, but this is the only coin in modern circulation which is less than one krone. | |
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This is our 1 krone coin. (Krone = crown, kroner = crowns.) | |
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This is our 5 kroner coin. | |
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This is our 10 kroner coin. On the face of the 10 kroner coin and both of the 20 kroner coins is our King Harald. | |
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This is our 20 kroner coin. | |
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This 20 kroner coin commemorates the brilliant Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. Because there is no Nobel Prize for mathmatics, the Norwegian gouvernment began such a prize in 2001, calling it Abelprisen, or the Abel Prize. |