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The Swedish Riksbank owns 125.7 tonnes of gold (an equivalent of 125 700 of the ones in the image). Almost all of it is stored abroad. Only 15 tonnes is, stored in Sweden (12%). Almost half is stored at the Bank of England. Rest stored at the Fed in NY (US), Canada & Switzerland.

The Swedish Riksbank has to store 50% of its gold in London because that's where the liquid market for gold is.

There's not really a liquid gold market in Sweden. If we needed to sell the gold fast, having the gold in Sweden would do us little good.

In 2012, people were worried that it had been a long time since the Swedish gold had been inspected.

About 15 tonnes did not meet the standards (right purity, right weight, certified at the right place and having the right stamps) so they had to exchange them.

Moving gold is hard. When Germany tried to get their gold back from the US and France it took five years and cost €7.9m. But they too keep a lot of gold left in London, so they can sell it.

It's funny how gold is supposed to be this self-sovereign asset that central banks hold because it's "liability-free", the only currency that "isn't someone else's debt". But the only way to ensure you have timely access to its value is to ship it off to another country.