Convert CZK to SEK Czech koruna ↔ Swedish krona Free Online Secure
Type an amount in Czech koruna and read it in Swedish krona at once. The page uses the European Central Bank's reference rate, and tells you which day that rate is from.
Nothing uploaded
Common amounts — Convert CZK to SEK (Czech koruna ↔ Swedish krona)
| CZK | SEK |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 5 | |
| 10 | |
| 20 | |
| 50 | |
| 100 | |
| 250 | |
| 500 | |
| 1000 | |
| 5000 |
The last thirty days
Where these codes and rates come from
The three letters in EUR, USD or JPY are not an abbreviation someone invented for a website: they are ISO 4217, a standard in which the first two letters are the country's own code and the third is usually the initial of the currency. The figures on this page come from the European Central Bank, which publishes one set of reference rates each working day, around 16:00 Central European time, agreed between the central banks of the Eurosystem. They are a daily snapshot meant for statistics and accounting, not a live trading feed — which is exactly why they are the same number for everyone, rather than whatever one bank happened to quote at one moment.
Where you meet an exchange rate
You meet an exchange rate four or five times a year without thinking about it: booking a trip, paying an invoice issued abroad, buying from a foreign shop, reading a salary offer in another currency, or checking what a card charge really cost. In all of these the reference rate is the honest middle, and the price you actually pay sits a little to one side of it. Knowing the middle is what lets you see how wide that margin is.
Questions people ask
Is this the rate my bank will give me?
No, and no page can promise one. This is the European Central Bank's reference rate: the midpoint published once a day for statistics. A bank, a card scheme or an exchange office adds its own margin on top — usually between half a percent and three percent, sometimes more at an airport counter. Use this figure to judge the offer you are given, not to predict it.
How often does the figure change, and what happens at weekends?
The European Central Bank publishes once each working day, in the afternoon, Central European time. There is no publication on Saturdays, Sundays or TARGET holidays, so on those days the page shows the last working day's rate and says which day it belongs to. The chart alongside is one year of the same daily series.
Is the answer exact?
Where both units are defined in terms of one another by whole numbers, yes — the page says so above the figure, and the only rounding is in how many digits are shown. Where the ratio has no finite decimal, the page shows twelve significant digits and says the relation is approximate rather than pretending otherwise.
Does anything I type leave my device?
No. The arithmetic runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded and there is no server to upload it to. Load the page once and it keeps working with the network switched off.
The Devil's Bible in Stockholm: how the largest medieval book of Bohemia ended up in Sweden, and what a crown buys in kronor
In the care of the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm lies a manuscript that is, in several senses, larger than life. Known as the Codex Gigas, the "Giant Book", it measures about ninety-two centimetres in height, weighs some seventy-five kilograms and contains 624 pages written on the skin of what is said to be a hundred and sixty donkeys. It was made in the early thirteenth century at the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in eastern Bohemia, and tradition has it that a monk who had broken his vows wrote it in a single night with the help of the devil, whose full-page portrait appears in the middle of the book. That is why it is also called the Devil's Bible. In 1648, in the last days of the Thirty Years' War, Swedish troops captured the Lesser Town of Prague and carried off the manuscript, together with a large share of the art collection of Emperor Rudolf II, as war booty. The codex has been in Stockholm ever since. Czech visitors who want to see their country's greatest medieval book must travel north, and the first practical question is how many Swedish kronor a Czech crown buys. This page answers it. Use it to Convert CZK to SEK with the daily reference rates published by the European Central Bank, in which both currencies are quoted against the euro; the page combines them into a crown-krona figure and prints its date under the result. The amount you type never leaves your browser.
Using the converter
Crowns go in, kronor come out
Before you book tickets to Stockholm, Convert CZK to SEK for your full budget and keep the figure beside your plan.
Type a sum in Czech crowns, and the page returns that sum in Swedish kronor and öre, naming the day of the fixing it used. A krona is worth roughly two crowns, so the figure is about half of what you typed. Fixings come out once on each working day, and on weekends and public holidays the page repeats the last one and says that it has. Under the field are a few round sums and a graph of the last thirty days. For kronor into crowns, go to Convert SEK to CZK.
A reference for any quote
Think of the displayed number as the midpoint of the market on a working day, minus any bank's share. Banks, booths and apps quote somewhat less, and the gap in per cent is the cost of the service: below one per cent is very good, two or three is usual, above four deserves another quote. Make each Convert CZK to SEK your yardstick. The sums below assume an invented, round rate of two crowns per krona; it forecasts nothing and is not today's price, so replace it with the real figure.
The book and its journey
Podlažice and the monk
The Benedictine monastery of Podlažice, near Chrudim, stood in eastern Bohemia from the twelfth century to the Hussite wars. In the early thirteenth century its monks produced the codex, which contains the whole Latin Bible, works by the historian Josephus Flavius, an encyclopaedia by Isidore of Seville, medical texts, a chronicle of Bohemia and magical formulas. The handwriting is remarkably uniform, as if a single person had written the entire book, which would take over twenty years of nonstop work, according to modern estimates. The legend of the single night grew from this uniformity. The devil on page 290, depicted crouching in a loincloth with red claws, is the most famous image in Czech medieval art.
From monastery to monastery to Prague
After the Hussite wars, the codex passed through the monastery of Sedlec, then to Broumov, and in the late sixteenth century it was bought by Emperor Rudolf II for his collection in Prague Castle, which was celebrated across Europe as a cabinet of curiosities. There it stayed until the Swedes arrived in July 1648 and took away the pick of the imperial library and art treasures, among them the Codex Gigas, as part of the spoils of war. The loot was meant to adorn the court of Queen Christina and to enrich the royal library in Stockholm.
The loss in Czech memory
For Czechs, the plundering of Prague in 1648 remains a cultural wound. Hundreds of paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and scientific instruments left the city, and many were later dispersed among European collectors. In 2007 and 2008, as a gesture of friendship, Sweden lent the Codex Gigas to the Czech National Library for a special exhibition in the Klementinum in Prague, its first return in 360 years. Thousands queued for hours. Since then, calls for the book's permanent return have been made from time to time.
Seeing the codex in Stockholm
Free entry at the library is a pleasant surprise, but Convert CZK to SEK for the coffee and the transport around it.
The library and its treasures
The National Library of Sweden, in the Humlegården park in the city centre, keeps the original codex in a climate-controlled environment, and a high-quality facsimile can be seen in its exhibition area; whether the original itself is on display depends on the season, so ask the library. Entry to the exhibition is free. The library shows other treasures, including old Swedish manuscripts and printed books. Check the opening hours and the current display before you go. Convert CZK to SEK for the transport and coffee, and you will see how modest a free exhibition is.
Stockholm on a Czech budget
A day in the Swedish capital costs about twice a day in Prague, so Convert CZK to SEK for each item and plan accordingly.
Stockholm is expensive. A coffee costs 35 to 50 kronor, a lunch of the day 110 to 150, a dinner 250 to 450, a bed in a hostel 300 to 600, a mid-range hotel 1,200 to 2,500. A day card for public transport costs about 150, a seventy-two-hour card about 315. At the invented rate, a lunch of 130 kronor is 260 crowns, and a hotel night of 1,800 kronor is 3,600 crowns. Compare these with your Prague prices to plan a realistic budget.
Other Czech-Swedish traces
Guided tours are priced per person, so Convert CZK to SEK for a group of four and compare it with a self-guided walk.
The Nordic Museum, the Vasa Museum and the Royal Armoury in Stockholm contain items captured in the Thirty Years' War, among them banners and weapons. In the Swedish National Museum are paintings from the collection of Rudolf II. A guided tour of Gamla Stan, the old town, costs 150 to 300 kronor. Czech visitors may find the contrasts striking: a city built on war wealth, now one of the world's most peaceful.
Prague in 1648: the last battle of the Thirty Years' War
The siege of the Old Town
The Thirty Years' War, which began in Prague with the defenestration of 1618, ended there too. In July 1648, while the delegates in Westphalia were finalising the peace, a Swedish army under Count Hans Christoff von Königsmarck seized the Lesser Town and Prague Castle by surprise, and looted them. The Old Town on the right bank of the Vltava held out. For three months, its defenders, students of the university, townspeople and the Jewish community, held the Charles Bridge and the city walls against Swedish assaults. The fighting stopped only when news of the Peace of Westphalia arrived in early November. A plaque on the bridge tower recalls the defence, and every year a commemoration is held. The wars made the city poorer and smaller, and it took a century to recover.
What the Swedes took
The booty from the Lesser Town and the castle was spectacular: hundreds of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, scientific instruments, books and manuscripts assembled by Emperor Rudolf II, who had made Prague the capital of his empire around 1600. Königsmarck sent the best items to Queen Christina in Stockholm, where she was building a court that would rival those of Europe. The treasures included works by Dürer, Titian and Correggio, the Codex Gigas and the Silver Bible, a sixth-century Gothic translation of the Gospels in silver ink on purple parchment, now in the University Library of Uppsala. Part of the collection was later given away or sold, and a number of pieces passed to other European collections.
Rudolf's cabinet of wonders
Rudolf II (1552–1612) was an eccentric patron of art and science. His court attracted astronomers such as Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, alchemists, painters like Arcimboldo, who composed portraits out of fruit and vegetables, and clockmakers. His Kunstkammer contained natural curiosities, exotic animals' horns, mechanical toys, mineral specimens and rare books. Visitors to Prague can see some of Rudolf's world in the Prague Castle Picture Gallery, where entry is about 150 to 250 crowns, though many treasures left the city for good.
Swedes and Czechs after the war
From enemies to partners
Memories of 1648 faded as the centuries went by. In the nineteenth century, Czech nationalists compared their own revival to Sweden's cultural traditions, and in the twentieth, the two countries shared a democratic outlook. During the Second World War, Sweden stayed neutral but took in refugees. After 1989, Swedish companies invested in the Czech Republic, among them firms in furniture, engineering, telecommunications and retail. Tens of thousands of Czechs visit Sweden each year, and Swedish visitors enjoy Prague's beer and baroque architecture.
Trade and work
For a regular transfer, Convert CZK to SEK on the day and write the rate in a table to keep a monthly record.
Czechs work in Sweden as engineers, nurses, builders, drivers and care workers, and Swedes buy Czech goods such as glass, machinery and food. Swedish retail brands operate stores in Prague and Brno. Trade between the countries is conducted mainly in euros or kronor. Anyone who sends a monthly transfer between Prague and Stockholm should Convert CZK to SEK on the day and compare the result with the provider's offer.
Studying
A student budget must be built in kronor, so Convert CZK to SEK for rent and food and compare it with a Prague student budget.
Many Czech students go to Sweden on exchange programmes, often attracted by the education system, the English-taught courses and the low fees for students from European countries during Erasmus stays. A monthly budget for a student in Stockholm or Uppsala is 9,000 to 13,000 kronor, which is 18,000 to 26,000 crowns at the invented rate. Student housing is scarce and must be reserved early.
A weekend in Stockholm for a Czech traveller
Day one: Gamla Stan and the library
Start in the old town, Gamla Stan, with its narrow lanes, the Royal Palace and the Nobel Museum. A ticket to the Royal Palace is about 200 kronor, to the Nobel Museum about 150. Walk to the National Library in Humlegården to see the exhibition and take a moment in the park. For lunch, find a daily menu at a restaurant outside the tourist lanes for 110 to 150 kronor. Convert CZK to SEK for each ticket and meal to see how the day adds up.
Day two: museums on Djurgården
Museum passes pay off only above a certain number of visits, so Convert CZK to SEK for each ticket and for the pass itself.
Take the ferry to Djurgården, an island of museums and parks. The Vasa Museum shows a seventeenth-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was raised in 1961 almost intact, an impressive sight; the entry is about 190 kronor. Nearby are the ABBA Museum, the open-air museum Skansen and the Nordic Museum. A pass for several museums can save money if you visit three or more.
Day three: an excursion
Take a boat to the Drottningholm Palace, the private residence of the royal family and a World Heritage site, or go by train to Uppsala, a university town 40 minutes away. Uppsala's cathedral, the botanical garden and the Gustavianum museum are the highlights, and the university library, Carolina Rediviva, keeps the Silver Bible, the Codex Argenteus, which can be seen in a specially lit case during opening hours; check the current conditions.
Practical rules for visitors
Money in a cashless country
Cards convert for you, but you should Convert CZK to SEK at the till to see whether the statement shows a fair amount.
Sweden is nearly cashless. Cards and phones are accepted in museums, shops, cafés and public toilets, and a few places do not take banknotes at all. A Czech card works well. If a terminal offers to charge you in crowns, choose kronor, because the offered rate is worse than your bank's. Keep a small amount of cash for emergencies.
Distances, temperatures, time
Sweden uses kilometres, litres and Celsius. Convert km to mi converts distances into miles, Convert L to gal relates litres to gallons, and Convert °C to °F gives Fahrenheit. Sweden and the Czech Republic share Central European Time, and for comparisons with Romania, Convert CET to EET shows the one-hour step.
Getting there
Direct flights link Prague and Stockholm in about two hours, with fares from 40 euros. A train and ferry route through Germany and Denmark takes about 18 hours. From Arlanda airport, a train to the central station takes 20 minutes. Czech citizens can enter Sweden without a visa, with an identity card or passport.
Reading about the war: a short list for the traveller
Books and places
Anyone moved by the story of 1648 can read more. A good general history of the Thirty Years' War will explain how a local revolt in Prague grew into a continental conflict that killed a third of the population in parts of Germany. Czech novels and memoirs from the period, and the classic account of the defence of the Charles Bridge, give a human face to the dates. In Prague, the Museum of the City, the Strahov Library and the Lobkowicz Palace offer displays on the period; entry is 150 to 300 crowns each. In Stockholm, the Army Museum shows weapons and banners captured in the war, with a ticket of about 100 kronor. Convert CZK to SEK for a couple of museum tickets, and the cost of the whole reading trip is easy to estimate.
Why the past matters at the till
It may seem strange to link seventeenth-century plunder to a currency converter, but the habit of comparing values across borders is as old as trade. The same principle applies today: before you sign, pay or move money, check the reference and keep a record. Merchants of the baroque era kept ledgers of the rates of the day, and so should modern travellers, in a notebook or a phone note, with the date and the figure beside each payment.
Other crown conversions
If your trip continues
Travellers who go on to Denmark or Germany can use Convert CZK to EUR, those heading to Britain Convert CZK to GBP, and those visiting Poland Convert CZK to PLN.
A habit worth keeping
Write down the rate and date of each exchange, and compare them later with the statement. It takes seconds.
Mistakes to avoid
Assuming the original is on show
A priceless manuscript is displayed rarely and carefully. Check with the library whether you will see the original or a facsimile.
Paying in crowns
A terminal that offers to charge you in crowns uses its own rate. Choose kronor.
Using an old rate
A rate from last month can be wrong by several per cent. The date shown beside the result protects you each time you Convert CZK to SEK.
In short
The only thing fetched from the network is the table of daily rates, while your amount stays in the browser and no account is needed. From the scriptorium in Podlažice to the reading room in Humlegården, the routine is the same: Convert CZK to SEK, read the date and compare every offer with the number on this page.