50 kroner obverse:
Folk tale collector Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

50 kroner reverse:
Scene from a folk tale.

100 kroner obverse:
Opera singer Kirsten Flagstad

100 kroner reverse:
Architect's drawing of an opera interior

200 kroner obverse:
Physicist Kristian Birkeland, Northern Light (Aurora Borealis) and in the field to the left the Terrella he used to explain this phenomenon.

200-kroner reverse:
Map of the Polar areas, marking the main areas of the Aurora Borealis.

500 kroner obverse:
Nobel literature prize laureate Sigrid Undset

500 kroner reverse:
Woven pattern and a wreath, symbols from Undset's books.

1000 kroner obverse:
Painter Edvard Munch

1000 kroner reverse:
Details from one of Munch's paintings.