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Inside Europe: Sweden strives to be cash-free

John Laurenson
July 14, 2017

Sweden was the first European country to introduce banknotes. In 1661 in case you’re curious. Now that Scandinavian country has almost done away with notes and coins and is on course to become the first nation in the world to go completely cash-free. John Laurenson went to Stockholm to visit the neat and ultra-law-abiding world of a land with no cash…

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