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Acting HR manager
23/03/2026 -Elisabeth Larsson is Acting HR Manager and responsible for the HR Division, which leads the strategic HR work and coordinates and provides support on HR issues.
Why you should join us
07/02/2025 -There are just over 500 people working at the Riksbank and we are located at Brunkebergstorg in central Stockholm. We work in a dynamic environment where many exciting and complicated questions are discussed.
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 Kreuger Crash
07/02/2018 -Ivar Kreuger’s enormous financial empire collapses in the wake of the Wall Street Crash. Despite enormous credits from Swedish banks and the Riksbank, he is unable to get his affairs in order and found dead on March 12, 1932 in Paris.
First in the world with price stability target
07/02/2018 -After speculation against the krona, Sweden abandons the gold standard. The exchange rate becomes variable but, to protect domestic purchasing power, the Riksbank becomes the first central bank in the world to have a price stability target as a...
Lars Wohlin becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -Wohlin steps in with a strong influence over economic policy. He is met with challenges in the form of the wave of devaluations prevailing in his tenure.
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.
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.
Strong deflation after the war
07/02/2018 -The end of the war means that the strong demand for Swedish products abroad collapses with devastating deflation and an economic crisis as consequence.