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Wagner died long before the Nazi era, and the association is that Hitler liked his music.
A more secure version with the same portrait was introduced in 2001 and became invalid after 30 June 2017.
In 1902, production of gold coins ceased, and was briefly restarted in 1920 and 1925 before ceasing entirely.
The Vasa 1,000-krona banknote without the foil strip became invalid after 31 December 2013, and the pieces with the foil strip are invalid after 30 June 2016.
The new coins also have a new portrait of the king in their design.
A 20-krona banknote a new denomination was printed 1991—1995 with a portrait of the writer and on the reverse was an engraved interpretation of a passage from the book.
Gold 5-kronor coins were added in 1881.