udstederen
Udstederen, or udstederen in the definite form, is a Danish term that denotes the entity or person that issues something. It describes the role of the issuer—the agent responsible for creating and offering an instrument or document to a market or audience. The word is used across several domains, with finance and monetary contexts being the most common.
In finance, the udstederen of a bond, note, or share is the organization that creates the instrument
In monetary contexts, the udstederen of legal tender is usually the central bank or, in some systems,
Beyond finance and currency, udstederen can refer to any authority that issues documents, licences, certificates, stamps,
See also: issuer, issuing entity, bond issuer, sovereign issuer.