Norway Banknotes 10 Kroner banknote 1967
Central Bank of Norway - Norges Bank
Obverse: Portrait of Christian Michelsen, ship owner and politician. Was Prime Minister on June 7th 1905 when the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) voted to dissolve the union with Sweden.
Reverse: Mercury, and a shipping scene after a painting by Henrik Sørensen.
Banknotes of the Norwegian krone
1948-1976 Issue
The 4th issue of Norwegian kroner notes was the first post-war issue that was designed as a long-term issue, the 3rd issue having been prepared during the war for use in a monetary reform situation and was introduced when the 2nd issue was suspended in the autumn of 1945.
The 4th issue consisted of 6 notes, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 kr.
The 4th issue obviously is an attempt to "build the country" after the war. Each note has its own portrait, with famous Norwegians. The reverse is used to visualize one of the important sectors of the Norwegian economy and society.
The 5-kroner is the fisheries note, the 10-kroner is shipping and commerce, 50-kroner farming, 100-kroner forestry, 500-kroner industry and 1000-kroner the arts.
5 Kroner 10 Kroner 50 Kroner 100 Kroner 500 Kroner 1000 Kroner
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857, Bergen – 29 June 1925, Fjøsanger, near Bergen) was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907. Michelsen is most known for his central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, and was one of Norway's most influential politicians of his time.
Michelsen began his career as a lawyer; later he started his own shipping firm, which became one of the largest in Norway. A member of the Storting (parliament) from 1891, he adhered at first to the “Pure” Left Party but later broke with it and in 1903 was returned to the Storting as a member of the Coalition Party (conservatives and moderate liberals). In February 1905 he abandoned the coalition ministry of G.F. Hagerup in protest against Hagerup’s extremely moderate policy in the growing conflict with Sweden. On March 11 Michelsen was appointed prime minister in a new coalition; thenceforth he was the unquestioned leader of the Norwegians in the conflict that led to the dissolution of the union with Sweden and the establishment of the new Kingdom of Norway under King Haakon VII. Michelsen remained in office until Oct. 28, 1907, when he retired because of illness. In 1909 he helped organize the moderately conservative Liberal Left Party, although he refused to be its leader; after 1910 he retired from political life.