It cost the Treasury kr. 40 million, and according to the historian Søren Mørch that was equivalent to 2/3 of the total government budget for social expenditure at the time. So, what are Danmarks Nationalbank's tasks in relation to financial stability?
If we go back to the Danmarks Nationalbank Act from 1936, it states that Danmarks Nationalbank shall "maintain a safe and secure currency system in this country, and [...] facilitate and regulate the traffic in money and the extension of credit". There is thus no doubt that this is our task in relation to financial stability.