The Origins and Nature of Scandinavian Central Banking

Part I. The Nature of Central Banking

1. Some General Remarks on “Central Banking”
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

2. Defining “Central Banks”: Four Criteria
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

Part II. Before the Deluge. The Very Different Origins of Scandinavia’s Central Banks, the Great War, and the Four Criteria

3. Sveriges Riksbank, and the Four Criteria
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

4. Danmarks Nationalbank and the Four Criteria
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

5. Norges Bank and the Four Criteria
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6. The Scandinavian Currency Union (1873–1914)
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7. How the Great War Formed Scandinavian Central Banking
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Part III. The Interwar and Postwar Period

8. Sveriges Riksbank and the Four Criteria
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

9. Danmarks Nationalbank and the Four Criteria
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

10. Norges Bank and the Four Criteria
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11. Summary and Conclusions
Steffen Elkiær Andersen

Keywords: Finance, Banking, Financial History, Capital Markets, Public Finance, Public Economics