Thursday 2 June 2011

Sweden 20 Kronor bank note

Obverse: Värmland landscape; a brief extract from Gösta Berling's Saga; Portrait of Selma Lagerlöf
(1858-1940); Selma Lagerlöf driving the horse carriage. Reverse: A passage motif from Selma Lagerlöf's
book Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden, with Nils and Mårten goose flying over the
flatlands of Skåne, in southern Sweden. Watermark: Repeated portrait of Selma Lagerlöf.
Signatures: Jan Bergqvist; Stefan Ingves. Engraving: Toni Hanzon. Printer: Tumba Bruk.

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