5 kronor, Tumba, Jorpes, Albert, 1948

The Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, waited a long time to acquire a paper machine for reasons of quality. The first one in Sweden was purchased for the Klippan paper mill back in 1832. The Riksbank, on the other hand, did not buy its first paper machine until 107 years later – in 1939. By then, it had long been too expensive to use handmade paper for banknotes.

A mere year later, the five- and ten-krona banknotes were printed on machine-made paper. The higher denominations of 50, 100 and 100 kronor, on the other hand, were printed on handmade paper until 1946. The watermark on machine-made banknotes is more blurred, and there are fewer security fibres in the paper.

Image rights: Albert Jorpes, Ekonomiska museet - Kungliga myntkabinettet/SHM (BUS)

Object number: 803023_KMK

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