Denmark Inflation Calculator

kr

Result: kr100 in 1961 → kr1,496.06 in 2024

The Danish Krone has lost 93% its value since 1961

Updated: April 10, 2025

kr100 in 1961 is equivalent in purchasing power to about kr1,496.06 today, an increase of kr1,396.06 over 63 years. The krone had an average inflation rate of 4.39% per year between 1961 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,396.06%.

This means that today's prices are 14.96 times as high as average prices since 1961, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Denmark. A krone today only buys 6.684% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 1961 was 3.45%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 0.52%. If this number holds, kr100 today will be equivalent in buying power to kr100.52 next year.

⌃
Inflation from 1961 to 2024
Cumulative price change1,396.06%
Average inflation rate4.39%
Converted amount
kr100 base		kr1,496.06
Price difference
kr100 base		kr1,396.06
CPI in 19617.962
CPI in 2024119.122
Inflation in 19613.45%
Inflation in 20240.52%
kr100 in 1961kr1,496.06 in 2024
DKK inflation since 1961
Annual Rate, the OECD and the World Bank CPI
Download

Buying power of kr100 in 1961

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for kr100 in 1961 (price index tracking began in 1959).

For example, if you started with kr100, you would need to end with kr1,496.06 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

Download

When kr100 is equivalent to kr1,496.06 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Danish krone decreases over time. In other words, a krone will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a krone over time. By calculating the value in 1961 dollars, the chart below shows how kr100 is worth less over 63 years.

Download

According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these DKK amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Krone inflation: 1961-2024
YearKrone ValueInflation Rate
1961kr100.003.45%
1962kr107.387.38%
1963kr113.936.11%
1964kr117.463.09%
1965kr123.865.45%
1966kr132.617.06%
1967kr143.498.21%
1968kr154.988.01%
1969kr160.393.49%
1970kr170.836.51%
1971kr180.865.87%
1972kr192.736.56%
1973kr210.669.30%
1974kr242.8415.28%
1975kr266.179.61%
1976kr290.159.01%
1977kr321.8410.92%
1978kr354.7110.21%
1979kr388.809.61%
1980kr436.6512.31%
1981kr488.0311.77%
1982kr537.4210.12%
1983kr574.556.91%
1984kr610.696.29%
1985kr639.264.68%
1986kr662.783.68%
1987kr689.424.02%
1988kr720.694.54%
1989kr755.084.77%
1990kr775.032.64%
1991kr793.592.40%
1992kr810.232.10%
1993kr820.421.26%
1994kr836.761.99%
1995kr854.202.08%
1996kr872.362.13%
1997kr891.402.18%
1998kr907.851.85%
1999kr930.522.50%
2000kr957.542.90%
2001kr979.932.34%
2002kr1,003.682.42%
2003kr1,024.512.08%
2004kr1,036.341.15%
2005kr1,055.181.82%
2006kr1,075.481.92%
2007kr1,093.691.69%
2008kr1,131.053.42%
2009kr1,145.811.30%
2010kr1,172.292.31%
2011kr1,204.632.76%
2012kr1,233.522.40%
2013kr1,243.250.79%
2014kr1,250.260.56%
2015kr1,255.910.45%
2016kr1,259.050.25%
2017kr1,273.501.15%
2018kr1,283.860.81%
2019kr1,293.590.76%
2020kr1,299.030.42%
2021kr1,323.101.85%
2022kr1,424.947.70%
2023kr1,480.303.89%
2024kr1,496.061.06%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.
Click to show 57 more rows

This conversion table shows various other 1961 amounts in today's kroner, based on the 1,396.06% change in prices:

Conversion: 1961 kroner today
Initial valueEquivalent value
kr1 krone in 1961kr14.96 kroner today
kr5 kroner in 1961kr74.80 kroner today
kr10 kroner in 1961kr149.61 kroner today
kr50 kroner in 1961kr748.03 kroner today
kr100 kroner in 1961kr1,496.06 kroner today
kr500 kroner in 1961kr7,480.32 kroner today
kr1,000 kroner in 1961kr14,960.65 kroner today
kr5,000 kroner in 1961kr74,803.24 kroner today
kr10,000 kroner in 1961kr149,606.49 kroner today
kr50,000 kroner in 1961kr748,032.43 kroner today
kr100,000 kroner in 1961kr1,496,064.85 kroner today
kr500,000 kroner in 1961kr7,480,324.26 kroner today
kr1,000,000 kroner in 1961kr14,960,648.53 kroner today

How to calculate inflation rate for kr100 since 1961

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1961 and today:

CPI today CPI in 1961
×
1961 DKK value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Danish CPI was 7.962338175445216 in the year 1961 and 119.12174288179463 in 2024:

119.121742881794637.962338175445216
×
kr100
=
kr1,496.06

kr100 in 1961 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as kr1,496.06 in 2024.

To get the total inflation rate for the 63 years between 1961 and 2024, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2024 - CPI in 1961CPI in 1961
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (63 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

119.12174288179463 - 7.9623381754452167.962338175445216
×
100
=
1,396%

Data source & citation

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Value of 1961 Danish Kroner today | Denmark Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 9 May. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/denmark/inflation/1961.

Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.

Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

Email · LinkedIn · Twitter

» Read more about inflation and investment.

Inflation from 1961 to 2024
Cumulative price change1,396.06%
Average inflation rate4.39%
Converted amount
kr100 base		kr1,496.06
Price difference
kr100 base		kr1,396.06
CPI in 19617.962
CPI in 2024119.122
Inflation in 19613.45%
Inflation in 20240.52%
kr100 in 1961kr1,496.06 in 2024