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Construction starts on the Riksbank building
07/02/2018 -It takes six years for the building, designed by architect Peter Celsing, to be finished. On 8 April 1976, it is time to move into the black granite building at Brunkebergstorg in Stockholm.
Global financial crisis
09/02/2018 -When the US investment bank Lehman Brothers fails, it leads to a global financial crisis, the worst since the depression of the 1930s. Sweden manages relatively well.
Accessibility report for riksbank.se
25/06/2026 -This website is run by Sveriges Riksbank. We want as many people as possible to be able to use it, and this web page describes how riksbank.se complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report...
Important role for Hammarskjöld
07/02/2018 -Dag Hammarskjöld has great influence over the coordination of fiscal and monetary policy, both as state secretary at the Ministry of Finance and as Chairman of the Riksbank's General Council. Later, he becomes the UN’s first and, so far, only...
The first local office opens
07/02/2018 -To facilitate the handling of cash and loans, the Riksbank opens regional offices in Göteborg and then, just afterwards, in Malmö. ...
The interest rate coup
07/02/2018 -Without informing the Government in advance, the Riksbank raises the repo rate by an entire percentage point, from 4 to 5 per cent. The decision leads to heated political debate but marks the end of the low interest rate policy. ...
The architecture
20/04/2018 -The current Riksbank building at Brunkebergstorg 11 was completed in 1976. It took six years to build. The architect Peter Celsing found the black granite that forms the building’s façade in Göinge in northern Skåne. Although this stone, from...
Be on the lookout for attempts at fraud
08/10/2026 -Unfortunately, there are various types of fraud attempts carried out in the name of the Riksbank. To raise public awareness of this, we would like to point out that the Riksbank never contacts the public with offers to make money and that we do...
Whistleblowing
13/12/2024 -On 17 December 2021, the Swedish Act (2021:980) on the protection of persons reporting wrongdoing (Whistleblowing Act) entered into force. The law provides special and enhanced protection for the whistleblower against reprisals and states that a...