page_title: Skilling (currency)
section_title: Norway
hierarchical_section_title: Skilling (currency) / Norway
context_page_description: The skilling was the Scandinavian equivalent of the shilling. It was used as a subdivision of the various kinds of currencies named rigsdaler in use throughout Scandinavia, including the Danish rigsdaler, the Norwegian rigsdaler, and the Swedish riksdaler.
context_section_description: From 1816, the Norwegian skilling ([ˈʂɪ̂lːɪŋ]) was equivalent to ​¹⁄₁₂₀ of a speciedaler, and before that ​¹⁄₁₂₀ of a rigsdaler specie, or ​¹⁄₉₆ of a rigsdaler courant. It was introduced in Norway in the early 16th century and was abolished 1875.
caption: One Norwegian skilling, 1816
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