Crown (currency)

A crown is a unit of currency used in the Czech Republic, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland).

Norwegian krone coins

Alternative names

"Crown", or its equivalent in other languages, is derived from the Latin word corona. The symbol for crown is usually "kr". Some countries use another symbol for it like Íkr, -, Kč.

The local name for "crown" depends on the official language of the country.

Current use

• Czech: koruna
• Norwegian and Danish: krone
• Icelandic and Faroese: króna
• Swedish: krona
• Greenlandic: koruuni
• Northern Sami: ruvdna

Historical use

• Estonian: kroon
• German: Krone (capital letter k)
• Hungarian: korona
• Slovak: koruna

Current use of a currency called crown

Country	Currency	Period	Notes
Czechia	Czech koruna	1993–present	Replaced Czechoslovakia koruna.
Denmark	Danish krone	1873–present	Replaced Danish rigsdaler
Faroe Islands	Faroese króna	1949–present	Form of Danish krone.
Greenland	Greenlandic koruuni	2008–present	Form of Danish krone.
Iceland	Icelandic króna	1922–present	Replaced Danish krone.
Norway	Norwegian krone	1875–present	Replaced by Norwegian speciedaler.
Sweden	Swedish krona	1873–present	Replaced Swedish riksdaler

Historical use of a currency called crown

Country	Currency	Period	Notes
Austria	Austrian krone	1918–1925	Replaced by Austrian schilling.
Austria-Hungary	Austro-Hungarian krone	1892-1918	Replaced by Austrian krone and Hungarian korona.
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	Bohemian and Moravian koruna	1939–1945	Replaced by Czech koruna.
Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovak koruna	1919–1939; 1945–1993	Replaced by Czech koruna and Slovak koruna.
Estonia	Estonian kroon	1928–1940; 1992–2011	Soviet ruble used in-between. Replaced by euro.
Hungary	Hungarian korona	1919–1926	Abandoned due to inflation. Replaced by Hungarian pengő.
Slovakia	Slovak koruna	1939–1945; 1993–2008	Replaced by euro.

See also

• Crown (British coin)