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7 unusual facts about Danish krone


Air Norway

The reduction in ridership, along with a strengthening of the Danish krone in relation to the Norwegian, caused Air Norway to lose NOK 100,000 by August 2009.

DSB Class MZ

Twenty units of the third series were built between 1972–1974 at a cost of DKK ~3.75million each.

Ten units of the first series were built between 1967 and 1969, each costing DKK ~2.4 million.

FC Odense

The current owner bought the club to be placed at Dyrskuepladsen for 20 million Danish kroner ($3.5 million).

HMS E13

On 6 February 1919, she was sold by the British government to a Danish company for 150,000 Danish kroner (about £8,330 at 1919 prices).

Jeppe Aakjær

He also did not, initially, have a good agreement with them, as he was allotted 150 kroner advance each month (enough to keep him above the subsistence level).

Nordbib

After some negotiations, Nordbib was launched in 2006 with a budget of DKK 10 million.


César Santin

His strong performances had him linked with F.C. Copenhagen to whom he would later transfer to for an unknown price, however, Ekstra Bladet claimed that the price was around 10 million Danish kroner.

Copenhagen Arena

Realdania and Copenhagen Municipality will each make DKK 325,000,000 available for the project, while the Elite Facility Committee is expected to make a construction grant, and operating grants are expected from the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark.

Cycling in Denmark

The method and pricing varies from location to location: the Copenhagen City Bikes in Copenhagen, for example, required a deposit of DKK 20 and restricted the use of the cycle to a defined area in the city centre, whereas other companies require documentation and a higher deposit.

Mads Andersen

Andersen won the European Poker Tour (EPT) second season Scandinavian Open where he outlasted the field to take home DKr 2,548,040.

Nicolai Boilesen

Having had various trial periods with clubs such as Manchester United, Fiorentina and Chelsea, and with his Brøndby contract expiring in December 2009, Boilesen agreed a move to the Netherlands, with Ajax paying Brøndby 4 million DKK in compensation (roughly € 500.000).

Østerfælled Torv

PBU sold the residential share of the project to Schaumann Investment for DKK 1,5 billions in 2006, a transaction which later contributed to the bankruptcy of Roskilde Bank in the light of he financial crisis and the decreasing prizes on the housing market.


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