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Post Office
and Banking
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to Currency: the Swedish krona (plural "kronor"), is denoted by the international currency symbol "SEK" or the Swedish "kr". One krona equals 100 öre, just like pounds to pence and dollars to cents. Bank notes are printed in denominations of 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 kronor. Coins are minted in denominations of 50 öre, 1, 5 and 10 kronor. The post office (Posten) offers numerous services. They sell various types of insurance policies and offer financial advising. Writing supplies may also be available for purchase. If your bank has an agreement with Posten, you will be able to deposit and withdraw money on your bank accounts. Posten acts as a bank representative, thereby offering you simpler banking services such as cash services. The banks that Posten currently have agreements with are Nordea, Postgirot Bank AB and Föreningssparbanken. Yellow mail boxes are for all domestic and international mail. Blue mailboxes are for local and regional mail. There is a list of zip codes on the mailbox indicating which zip codes are considered "local". If there is no blue mailbox, use the yellow one. The last mail boxes to be emptied for the day are at: Drottningtorget (8 pm M-F, 7 pm Sat.) and Postterminalen, Kruthusgatan 15 (8:30 pm M-F, 7:30 pm Sat.) You can get a nifty card showing the current postage costs for letters and packages from your local post office free of charge. The current cost for sending a standard weight letter (under 20 grams) domestically is 5 crowns, 8 crowns to other European countries, and 10 crowns outside Europe. The post office also sells many postage-paid envelopes, boxes and postcards. Checks as we know them are uncommon in Sweden. It is most common to use a kontokort (debit card) where the money is debited directly from your bank account. Your kontokort may also be tied in to one of the major credit card companies which makes shopping by phone or the internet quite easy. You will find postgirot and bankgirot forms (used for paying bills) at the post office and at your bank. Many choose now to pay their bills electronically on the internet - ask your bank how. (WEBWOMAN'S NOTE: The
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