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• Danmarks Nationalbank has provided details of the themes for its new banknotes series, which will consist of four denominations – 50, 100, 200 and 500 krone – and will be issued from 2028 onwards, replacing the current 2009 series featuring Danish bridges and ancient artefacts.

The notes will be smaller in size than the existing series and the watermark, which the Bank says is the most important security feature, will have a more prominent role.

The motifs on one side of the new banknotes will be important achievements and the people behind them. They include fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, astronomy and Tycho Brahe, the Earth’s core and Inge Lehmann, and the Thule Expedition and Arnarulunnguaq. The motifs on the other side will have the sea as a recurring theme.

The decision on the theme and motifs was made by external experts and the Bank based on suggestions from museums, research and educational institutions within the arts, culture and natural sciences, and the results of a questionnaire survey with Danish and Greenlandic citizens.