NOK

Norwegian Krone from Norway. Also used in Antarctica, Bouvet Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The introduction of the krone as the legal tender in Norway, 1875 was a result of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which lasted until the First World War. The parties to the monetary union was the Scandinavian countries of Sweden and Denmark from the start in 1873, with Norway joining two years later.

The name of the currency was Krone in Denmark and Norway, and Krona in Sweden, which in English literally means Crown. After dissolution of the monetary union Denmark, Norway and Sweden all decided to keep the name of their respective and now separate currencies.