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New banknotes and coins
09/02/2018 -In 2015 and 2016, Sweden gets a new, modern banknote and coin series. A new denomination, the 200-krona banknote, is also introduced. The Riksbank also starts to issue the 2-krona coin again. The banknotes have new security features and the...
Lars Heikensten becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -Heikensten has eight years’ experience of the role of Deputy Governor before he becomes Governor of the Riksbank. During his tenure, he manages interest rate cuts and Sweden’s referendum on the EMU.
Sveriges Riksbank reaches the age of 350
09/02/2018 -Sveriges Riksbank reaches the age of 350. We are marking this with a number of activities. In this way, we wish to disseminate knowledge about the Riksbank's role in the Swedish economy and about important future issues.
Negative repo rate is introduced
09/02/2018 -The increasingly low rate of inflation leads to a series of repo rate cuts. In February 2015, the repo rate becomes negative for the first time. The Riksbank also starts to purchase government bonds to lower interest rates in general across the...
Repo rate cut to 0 per cent
09/02/2018 -In October 2014, the Riksbank cuts the repo rate to 0 per cent. Its aim is to increase demand in the economy and bring inflation up. This is a historic event; never in the Riksbank’s almost 350-year history has the interest rate been so low.
E-krona being investigated
14/05/2020 -The use of banknotes and coins is declining in society. The Riksbank decides to develop a proposal for a technical solution for Swedish kronor in electronic form, known as an “e-krona”.
Publication of SWESTR starts
10/03/2023 -The Riksbank starts publishing SWESTR (Swedish krona Short Term Rate) – a transaction-based reference rate.
Cheaper spirits
07/02/2018 -In Fredman’s epistle no. 24, the poet Carl Michael Bellman hails deflation as it is making aquavit cheaper. Times are bad! People are sad - but with a lower nicker comes cheaper liquor…...
Tumba Bruk is founded
07/02/2018 -The Riksbank wishes to put an end to counterfeit banknotes. One way is to manufacture paper that is difficult to copy. So the bank starts its own paper mill at Tumba.
Anckarström shoots the king
07/02/2018 -Gustav III is murdered by a borrower who has made large losses due to the king’s manipulation of the value of money.