Norway
The official currency of Norway is the Norwegian krone (NOK). The motifs used are:
| Denomination | Obverse | Reverse |
|---|---|---|
| NOK 50 | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen | Water lillies |
| NOK 100 | Kirsten Flagstad | Norwegian National Opera |
| NOK 200 | Kristian Birkeland | Northern lights |
| NOK 500 | Sigrid Undset | Wreath |
| NOK 1000 | Edvard Munch | Sun (painting by Munch) |
Read more about this topic: List Of Motifs On Banknotes
Famous quotes containing the word norway:
“A long time you have been making the trip
From Havre to Hartford, Master Soleil,
Bringing the lights of Norway and all that.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Such was the very armor he had on
When he the ambitious Norway combated.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk in Paris. Willa Cather wrote her prairie novels in New York City; Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in Hartford, Connecticut. Recently, scholars learned that Walt Whitman rarely left his room.”
—Annie Dillard (b. 1945)