 She is acclaimed for writing "Seven Gothic Tales" (1935) and her memoirs "Out of Africa" (1937).The face of the banknote is also decorated with flowers, of which Karen Blixen was very fond.The image on the reverse of the 50 krone banknote is inspired by a stone relief from Landet Church on the island of Tåsinge

The 50 krone banknote has the word "femti", not "halvtreds" which is the usual Danish word for fifty.