- The
svenska riksdaler (Swedish pronunciation: [
rɪksˈdɑːlɛr]) was the name of a
Swedish coin
first minted in 1604.
Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency...
- changes, but
Sweden was
forced to pay a war
indemnity of 1
million silver riksdaler to Denmark, an
amount known as the Älvsborg ransom. King
Christian used...
-
possession since the
Treaty of Stettin), and a war
indemnity of 20,000,000
Riksdaler.
Through the
efforts of
Johan Oxenstierna and
Johan Adler Salvius it obtained:...
- krone/krona = 1⁄2
Danish rigsdaler = 1⁄4
Norwegian speciedaler = 1
Swedish riksdaler. In 1816,
coins in
circulation from the
previous currency remained in...
-
currencies used in
Denmark until 1875. The
similarly named Reichsthaler,
riksdaler and
rijksdaalder were used in
Germany and Austria-Hungary,
Sweden and...
- but
returned in 1855 as 1⁄100 of the
riksdaler. The
riksdaler was
replaced by the
krona in 1873 (one
riksdaler equalling one krona), but öre remained...
- word for gold (aurum). The
introduction of the krona,
which replaced the
riksdaler at par, was a
result of the
Scandinavian Monetary Union,
which came into...
- two
Danish rigsdaler. Sweden's
riksdaler specie was
slightly heavier at 25.5 g and was
equal to four
Swedish riksdaler riksgalds. The
Scandinavian switch...
- for the
Swedish krona in use
today include spänn and bagis.
Riksdaler (referring
riksdaler, the
former Swedish currency) is
still used as a colloquial...
-
different denominations circulated and the
riksdaler rose in
value relative to the
other units. In 1777, the
riksdaler became the
basis of a new
currency system...
