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Lars heikensten (2003-2005)  Urban Bäckström (1994-02)

Bengt Dennis (1982-93) Lars Wohlin (1979-82)

Carl-Henrik Nordlander (1976-79) Krister Wickman (1973-76)

Per Åsbrink (1955-73) Mats Lemne (1951-55)

Klas Böök (1948-51) Ivar Rooth (1929-48)

Victor Moll (1912-29) Bror Karl Johan Langenskiöld (1901-12)

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      • The publication “Sveriges Riksbank – a 350-year journey"
      • Stamps
    • History
      • 1600-1699
        • A bank in every town
        • Copper standard is introduced
        • The world's largest coin
        • Sweden’s first bank
        • First banknotes in Europe
        • Sveriges Riksbank is founded
        • First building of its own
        • Absolute monarchy takes power over the bank
      • 1700-1799
        • Transport bills are introduced
        • Military defeat leads to banking crisis
        • Emergency coins fund the war
        • New policy creates inflation
        • Tumba Bruk is founded
        • Counterfeiters sentenced to death
        • The Caps create deflation
        • Cheaper spirits
        • Many types of coin become one
        • The Swedish National Debt Office is established
        • Anckarström shoots the king
      • 1800-1899
        • The first local office opens
        • Private banks issue their own banknotes
        • The silver standard is reintroduced
        • The first modern banknotes
        • We start using decimals
        • The Riksbank is renamed
        • Sweden gets the krona
        • The discount rate is used for the first time
      • 1900-1999
        • Karl Langenskiöld becomes Governor of the Riksbank
        • Sole right to issue banknotes
        • The Riksbank moves to Helgeandsholmen
        • Financial crisis managed
        • The gold standard collapses
        • Strong deflation after the war
        • Stock market crash on Wall Street
        • First in the world with price stability target
        • The Kreuger Crash
        • The krona is pegged to the dollar
        • Important role for Hammarskjöld
        • Monetary policy subordinated
        • International commitments and increased regulation
        • Per Åsbrink becomes Governor
        • The interest rate coup
        • The Riksbank celebrates its 300th jubilee and the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is established
        • Construction starts on the Riksbank building
        • Bretton Woods goes to the grave
        • Wave of devaluations starts
        • Lars Wohlin becomes Governor of the Riksbank
        • Bengt Dennis becomes Governor of the Riksbank
        • The November Revolution
        • The krona is pegged to the ECU
        • Interest rate 500% – the krona floats
        • The Riksbank sets an inflation target
        • Urban Bäckström becomes Governor of the Riksbank
        • Sweden signs the Maastricht Treaty
        • New law gives the Riksbank more independence
      • 2000-2018
        • Lars Heikensten becomes Governor of the Riksbank
        • Stefan Ingves becomes Governor of the Riksbank
        • Global financial crisis
        • Öre abolished as unit of coinage
        • Repo rate cut to 0 per cent
        • Eberstein takes the gavel
        • Negative repo rate is introduced
        • New banknotes and coins
        • The CPIF as target variable for monetary policy
        • Sveriges Riksbank reaches the age of 350
      • The Riksbank archives
      • The building
        • The architecture
        • The architect Peter Celsing
        • Guided tour of the building
      • Former Governors of the Riksbank
      • Former Chairmans of the General Council
      • Money and power – the history of Sveriges Riksbank
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