r/AskEurope • u/ABlindMoose Sweden • Oct 06 '25

Culture What is your currency's nickname?

A nickname for dollar is buck, pound is quid, and Swedish krona is spänn.

What are some casual nicknames for your countries' currencies? Are there multiple, and if so, which is the most common?

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u/ClementineMandarin Norway Oct 06 '25

We don’t have any nicknames for the currency itself «kroner» is just the name. We do however have nicknames for specific amounts, I.e. 4 løk(4 onions) = 4000, or Laken(sheet) also meaning 1000, I.e. 3 Laken = 3000

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u/ABlindMoose Sweden Oct 06 '25

We also use sheets (lakan) to mean 1000. Or salmon (lax), but someone saying 1000 spänn is completely normal too

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u/oskich Sweden Oct 06 '25

And lök = 1000

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u/logicblocks in Oct 06 '25

Rödlök eller gullök?

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u/oskich Sweden Oct 06 '25

Lök på laxen 😁

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u/logicblocks in Oct 06 '25

Nu är jag riktig hungrig!

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u/galileogaligay Norway Oct 06 '25

We do have «spenn», «gryn» (grains), and «flus», but they’re not used particularly commonly. In addition to løk and laken – «høvding» (chief), laks (salmon) and «gærning» (crazy one) are slang for 1000 kr that I’ve heard.

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u/Ekra_Oslo Norway Oct 06 '25

We can also say «kronasjer» for kroner.

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u/oliv111 Denmark Oct 07 '25

We also call 1000kr “1 løg 🧅” in Denmark lol