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200 Kroner
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
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| Year | 2016-2022 |
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| Size | 140 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | A large-format intaglio vignette of an Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) dominates the centre of the note, rendered in naturalistic detail against a light blue guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '200' appears in large blue letterpress at lower right and upper left, with the issuer inscription 'NORGES BANK' in bold at the lower left alongside a pixelated green square motif. The title 'TO HUNDRE KRONER' is printed in the upper register, and two facsimile signatures appear vertically along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is composed entirely in an abstract pixelated style, evoking a stylized aerial view of a fishing vessel rendered through fragmented rectangular blocks of varying blue tones — a design concept referencing Norwegian maritime heritage. The large denomination numeral '200' is printed in blue at upper right, with the legends 'TO HUNDRE KRONER' and 'NORGES BANK' along the lower margin, and the year date at lower right. |
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Norway's 2016 banknote series broke sharply from the country's established design conventions, replacing historical portraits with a dual-sided maritime theme developed through a public competition won by Snøhetta and Metric. The decision generated genuine controversy — portraits had anchored Norwegian notes since the nineteenth century, and the shift to abstract and landscape imagery was not universally welcomed by the public or within the bank itself.
P#55 sits in the middle of that series. Cotton substrate with watermark and thread — nothing unusual for Norges Bank — but the pixelated geometric reverse, derived from satellite mapping data of Norwegian coastline, remains one of the more architecturally rigorous banknote designs produced in Europe this decade.