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The Sveriges Riksbank Act
01/01/2023 -The Sveriges Riksbank Act (SFS 2022:1568) from 1 January 2023.
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. ...
Many types of coin become one
07/02/2018 -In the 18th century, there are many different coins and counterfeits are common. Consequently, Johan Liljencrantz, Minister of Finance under Gustav III, carries out a coin reform so that only one coin, the riksdaler, is left. At the same time,...
Private banks issue their own banknotes
07/02/2018 -Swedish commercial banks start to emerge again, with the first being Skånska Privatbanken in Ystad. The bank had the right to issue banknotes, subject to certain terms. Thirty other banks followed due. ...
The Caps create deflation
07/02/2018 -The Caps take over power from the Hats and assign the board of governors the task of restoring the value of money to what it had been 30 years ago. This leads to a severe deflation crisis. ...
The Swedish National Debt Office is established
07/02/2018 -The Swedish National Debt Office is created to manage sovereign debt and fund the war with Russia. The Swedish National Debt Office issues bonds against interest, which rapidly start to be used as banknotes.
Financial crisis managed
07/02/2018 -A financial crisis breaks out in the United States. It rapidly spreads to Europe and Sweden. For the first time, the Riksbank acts as a modern central bank and manages the crisis.
Sweden gets the krona
07/02/2018 -When the gold standard is introduced, the new unit of coinage is named the krona. ...
We start using decimals
07/02/2018 -The decimal system is introduced for coins and we get one coin system instead of two parallel ones. Instead of riksdaler banco and riksdaler riksgälds, we get riksdaler riksmynt, which are divided into 100 öre. ...
The Riksbank moves to Helgeandsholmen
07/02/2018 -The Riksbank moves from Järntorget to the new premises in what would later become the Riksdag building.