Portraits and landscapes (The 1952 series)

The designs on the banknotes resulted from a collaboration between the architect and graphic artist Gunnar Biilmann Petersen, Danmarks Nationalbank’s illustrator Gunnar Andersen and the illustrator and architect Ib Andersen. The banknotes depict portraits of famous Danes on the obverse and landscapes on the reverse. The banknotes in this series will no longer be legal tender after 31 May 2025.

5-krone banknote

Issued: 1952
Format: 125 x 65 mm
Motifs: The sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and his marble sculpture The Three Graces | Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg.

10-krone banknote

Issued: 1952/1954
Format: 125 x 65 mm | 125 x 71 mm
Motifs: Hans Christian Andersen and a stork’s nest from Asminderød | Egeskov Windmill.

Please notice: The original version from 1952cannot be deposited into bank accounts. It has not been legal tender since 1954.

50-krone banknote

Issued: 1957
Format: 153 x 78 mm
Motifs: Ole Rømer and the Round Tower in Copenhagen | Stenvad long barrow on Djursland.

100-krone banknote

Issued: 1962
Format: 155 x 84 mm
Motifs: The scientist H.C. Ørsted and a compass with an electrical wire | Kronborg.

500-krone banknote

Issued: 1964
Format: 175 x 90 mm
Motifs: The agricultural reformer Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow and a farmer with a horse and plough | Roskilde Cathedral.

Not sure whether the banknote is genuine?

Have you found or received an older banknote and are you not sure whether it is genuine? We have prepared an overview of the security features (pdf), so that you know what to look for on the individual banknotes and series.