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19 unusual facts about Swedish krona


2011–12 Färjestad BK season

As a consequence, Hyvönen was suspended for three games and fined 14,000 SEK.

Anders Hallberg

On February 8, 2007, two chaired professors of mathematics at Uppsala University resigned from their positions, after a lengthy period of conflict at the Mathematics Institute, and received 2.2 million SEK each.

Bamse

In October 2006, forty years after Bamse was created, Ola Andréasson, the son of creator Rune Andréasson announced that an animated feature film will be made, featuring better animation, a full voice cast and having a budget of SEK 25 million.

Erik Bruun

They needed to exchange Finnish Markka notes to Swedish krona, and had some of the new Markka notes with them.

Erton Fejzullahu

Djurgårdens IF instead bought him from the Dutch club for a reported sum of ten million SEK.

F 7 Såtenäs

The Såtenäs estate was chosen for its good location and close proximity to suitable target ranges, and was purchased for 685,000 SEK in 1938.

JAK Members Bank

Deposits are accepted and loans are given in Swedish Krona (SEK).

Jens of Sweden

Iops made the MP-130, but technical problems with the player forced Jens of Sweden to repair the players at a cost of approximately 3-4 million kronor.

According to Nylander, the company's financial problems were mostly due to the bankruptcy of the American reseller Outwardsound, which left Jens of Sweden with claims of 700 000 Swedish kronor, and the Korean manufacturer Iops.

Klarälven

Competition for use of areas rich in the popular species is vigorous, and at high season the price of fishing licenses may be as high as 500 SEK ($68 USD) per day.

MS Princesa Marissa

However, she stayed in finnlines traffic for the time being, as a buyer wasn't found until September 1977 when she was sold to Birka Line, Finland, with the price of 50 million Swedish kronor, to be delivered in January 1978.

Pär Ericsson

In 2008 he spent a short time in Degerfors IF, prior to 2009 season he was close to signing for Örgryte IS; however he instead signed for local rival GAIS as bosman; this upset Carlstad United as they were only receiving about 200,000 SEK while Örgryte IS's bid was claimed to be at least twice as big.

SAS Masters Tour

The richest event was the SEK 1,328,600 Dubliner Challenge, which is co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour operated by the PGA European Tour.

Star Pisces

However, the Swedish krona was devaluated shortly before Slite were supposed to take delivery of the new ship.

Stockholm Bromma Airport

Terminal parking costs 45 Swedish kronor/h and is limited to one hour, while short-term and long-term parking is slightly less expensive depending on the length of time.

Stockholm congestion tax

Failure to pay the tax within the allotted time results in a reminder bill being sent with an added 500 SEK fee.

Tallkrogen

About 90% of the construction costs, at the time roughly SEK 10,000, could be financed by loans from the city, while the rest could be covered by the builder's own work.

They Call Us Misfits

In Stockholm there is Peter, who earns 400 kronor a day by selling drugs, and Lunkan, who got hepatitis from an infected hypodermic syringe.

UNO 001

The project started in the late 1980s with a budget of 3 million SEK and the backing of several strong financial backers.


Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo

The only honor they received, in addition to the gold medals, was 10 Swedish krona from King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (which at the time was in a personal-union with Sweden).

Gillis Bildt

The disqualification of Stockholm's 22 pro free-trade members of the democratically elected Lower House on a technicality (one member's non-payment of 11.58 kr in taxes a few years previously) and the appointment, in their place, of 22 protectionist members tipped the balance of power and brought about Themptander's resignation, opening the door for a new leader.

Håkan Jeppsson

These risks became apparent when the club announced that the loss for the 2010 season was 30 million kronor.

Hitta.se

In February 2005, Hitta.se's parent company TA Teleadress Information Holding AB was bought by Aftonbladet Hierta, who own the tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet, for 200 million Swedish krona.

Ingvar Carlsson

Together with Minister for Finance Kjell-Olof Feldt, the government turned a budget deficit of 90 billions SEK to a surplus of a few hundred billion SEK, which led to large investments and record low unemployment.

International status and usage of the euro

The Swedish town Höganäs, does, since 1 January 2009, generally allow shop payments in euros alongside of the Swedish krona.