Norway Paper Money, 1901-44 Issues

**Kings**
Oscar II Frederik 18.9.1872-7.6.1905	Haakon VII 25.11.1905-21.9.1957

**Norges Bank Series II,** **W.F.K.Christie & Peder Tordenskjold Issues**
P.7a 5 Kroner 1915 W.F.K.Christie at left	Back Viking knot at center
P.7b 5 Kroner 1923 W.F.K.Christie at left	Back Viking knot at center
P.7c 5 Kroner 1943 W.F.K.Christie at left	Back Viking knot at center
P.7r 5 Kroner 1944 W.F.K.Christie at left	Remainder Viking knot at center
P.8c 10 Kroner 1943 W.F.K.Christie at left, Tordenskjold at right	Back Viking knot at center
P.8r 10 Kroner 1944 W.F.K.Christie at left, Tordenskjold at right	Back Viking knot at center
P.9a 50 Kroner 1912 W.F.K.Christie at left	Back Eidsvold, 1814 Constitution signing site Viking King left; Coat of Arms right
P.10a 100 Kroner 1904 W.F.K.Christie at left, Tordenskjold at right	Back Hakonshallen(Hallon) Castle in center Viking King left; Coat of Arms right
P.10b 100 Kroner 1928 W.F.K.Christie at left, Tordenskjold at right	Back Hakonshallen(Hallon) Castle in center Viking King left; Coat of Arms right
P.11a 500 Kroner 1902 W.F.K.Christie at left	Back Akershus Castle, Oslo in center Viking King left; Coat of Arms right
P.11c 500 Kroner 1936 W.F.K.Christie at left	Back Akershus Castle, Oslo in center Viking King left; Coat of Arms right
P.12a 1,000 Kroner 1916 W.F.K.Christie at left, Tordenskjold at right	Back Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim center; Viking King left; Coat of Arms right

**BACKGROUNDER**
We gratefully acknowledge numismatist Walt Jellum who provided many of the above images. The left side of this series of banknotes pictures Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, Speaker of the Storting (Parliament) from its founding in 1814 thru 1818. W.F.K.Christie retired from politics in 1820 and devoted his time to the founding of the Bergen Museum in 1825. The Museum also lead to the founding of the University of Bergen in 1946. The right hand side of some notes pictures Admiral Peder Tordenskjold (Peter Wessel), a famous Danish naval hero. Born 28.10.1691 in Trondheim, he rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy based on his outstanding service in the Great Northern War. After many sea conquests he returned to Denmark in 1716 and was given the title of Tordenskjold (Thundershield). On 20.10.1720 he was killed in a duel with a Livonian colonel, Jakob Axel Stael von Holstein. Tordenskjold's childhood home is now a National Museum of Music and Musical Instruments called Ringve. Surrounding the estate is the Ringve Botanical Gardens which includes and old English garden from the 1800's.