The 50 Kroner 2015 banknote was issued by Danmarks Nationalbank as part of the modern series celebrating Danish culture and heritage.
The obverse features a portrait of King Christian IV (1577–1648), one of Denmark’s most famous monarchs, accompanied by intricate guilloché patterns and the denomination in numerals and words.
The reverse depicts Roskilde Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site and royal burial place, symbolizing Denmark’s historical and architectural legacy.
Printed on cotton-based paper, the note includes a watermark, security thread, microprinting, and color-shifting elements for anti-counterfeiting.
Dimensions: 125 × 72 mm.
Obverse
Purple print on white background.
Sallingsund bridge. Little representation of the Skarpsalling vessel in the bottom left corner.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
50
HALVTREDS
KRONER
SALLINGSUNDBROEN
DANMARKS NATIONALBANK
Translation:
Fifty crowns.
Denmar’s National Bank.
Sallingsund bridge.
Designer: Karin Birgitte Lund
Reverse
Purple print on white background
Skarpsalling vessel on the left, countryside background.
Map of the Salling Sund, where the bridge is located, on the right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
50
SKARP SALLING
MORS
SALLINGSUND
SKIVE
SKARP SALLING-KARRET
SERIE 2009 • UDSTEDT I HENHOLD TIL LOV OM DANMARKS NATIONALBANK
Translation:
The Skarpsalling vessel.
Serie 2009 – Issued under the law of Denmark’s National Bank.
Engraver: Karin Birgitte Lund
Watermark
Viking ship and Electrotype ’50’
© Ngdawa (CC BY-NC-SA)
Signatures
| Nils Bernstein (NB) | Governor |  |
| Lars Gerrild Sørensen (LGS) | Head of the banknote department |  |
| Torben Nielsen (TN) |  |
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| Jens Thomsen (JT) | Governor |  |
| Per Callesen (PC) | Governor |  |
| Hugo Frey Jensen (HFJ) | Governor |  |
| Lars Rohde (LR) | Governor |  |
Printer
Denmarks Nationalbank’s Banknote Printing Works, Copenhagen, Denmark (1818-2016)
Features
| Issuer | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | National Bank of Denmark (Danmarks Nationalbank) |
| Queen | Margrethe II (1972-2024) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 2009-2016 |
| Value | 50 Kroner |
| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
| Composition | Paper (Cotton, genmodified) |
| Size | 125 × 72 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Issued | 11 August 2009 |
