The svenska riksdaler (Swedish pronunciation: [rɪksˈdɑːlɛr]) was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency...

The Swedish East India Company (Swedish: Svenska Ostindiska Companiet or SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting...

including the Danish rigsdaler, the Norwegian rigsdaler, and the Swedish riksdaler. From 1625 to 1873, one Danish skilling (pronounced [ˈske̝lˀe̝ŋ])...

established the gold krone (krona in Swedish) replacing the legacy currencies at the rate of 1 krone = 1 Swedish riksdaler = 1⁄2 Danish rigsdaler = 1⁄4 Norwegian...

Swedish overseas colonies (Swedish: Svenska utomeuropeiska kolonier) consisted of the overseas colonies controlled by Sweden. Sweden possessed overseas...

word for gold (aurum). The introduction of the krona, which replaced the riksdaler at par, was a result of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which came into...

of 20,000,000 Riksdaler. Through the efforts of Johan Oxenstierna and Johan Adler Salvius it obtained: Swedish Pomerania, the Swedish share of the former...

krone/krona = 1⁄2 Danish rigsdaler = 1⁄4 Norwegian speciedaler = 1 Swedish riksdaler. In 1816, coins in circulation from the previous currency remained...

Denmark with Sweden fixed their currencies against gold and formed the Scandinavian Monetary Union. Prior to this date Sweden used Swedish riksdaler. In 1875...

was approx. 203 g (7.2 oz). daler – From 1534, Swedish thaler. From 1873, replaced by the krona. riksdaler – From 1624, 1+1⁄2 daler, from 1681 2 daler,...