Sweden 20 Kronor Banknote, 1997, P-63a.1, UNC

The Sweden 20 Kronor Banknote was issued by the Sveriges Riksbank in 1997. The purple banknote bears Swedish text. Its obverse features Nobel Prize-winning writer Selma Lagerlof, a Varmland landscape with forest and lake, a horse and a carriage, and introduction to Gosta Berling’s Saga. The reverse depicts a scene from “Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey Through Sweden”, with a Nils and Marten goose flying above the flatlands of Skane in southern Sweden. The note bears a solid security thread and a watermark that reveals Selma Lagerlof. It is 120 x 67 mmm in size and is signed by Urban Backstrom and Kjell-Olaf Feldt. This particular banknote is in uncirculated condition.