It's worth noting that Bergman, Garbo, and their fellow honorees (including a Nobel Peace Prize-winning former UN Secretary General, an internationally-known opera singer, a well-loved folk musician and poet, and the lady who wrote Pippi Longstocking), all posthumously selected, replace noted 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th century figures on the banknotes. Is it time Americans paid for their lattes with John Waynes instead of George Washingtons?
The central bank of Sweden explains that it selected "people who have made positive and important contributions to Sweden's cultural heritage during the 20th century" who were "popular with the general public and, preferably ... also well-known internationally."
So who among America's illustrious and dearly departed ranks of film icons would be popular and influential enough to warrant similar treatment, should the U.S. Treasury dept. decide to follow suit? Here's a dozen of Hollywood's most iconic filmmaking figures (in no particular order) to start you off. Discuss away!
Walt Disney
John Ford
Judy Garland
Howard Hawks
Katharine Hepburn
John Huston
Buster Keaton
Stanley Kubrick
Marilyn Monroe
Sam Peckinpah
John Wayne
Orson Welles
ยท Bergman and Garbo on new Swedish banknotes [Swedish Wire]