Sweden - Norden 2012

Sweden - Norden

Date of Issue: 21th March 2012

2 stamps (2x 12.- SEK) issued in one souvenir sheet

Sweden 2012

Sweden

Date of Issue: 12th January 2012

two stamps (2x 12.- SEK) issued in rolls (stamps alternating)

Sweden 2011

Sweden

Date of Issue: 24th March 2011

two stamps (2x 12.- SEK) issued in rolls (stamps alternating)

Norden stamps (1956-)

Europe

Norden stamps (1956-)

The Norden stamps is a common issue between the Nordic countries. It is as old as the Europa stamps !

The idea of a Norden issue with a common motif was bred by Foreningen Norden [the Norden Association] in a letter to the five Nordic Postal Administrations already in 1951. At the conference of the Nordic Postal Association in March the same year the consensus was to accede to the idea, but of practical reasons it could only be accomplished later.

The first issue of 1956 had a common motive representing five flying swans. The Swan motif emanated from a poem from 1946 by Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen titled "Svanerne fra Norden" [The Swans from the Nordic Countries], which is a tribute to the free community in the five countries each symbolized by a swan - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

A competition with an artist from each five country : Viggo Bang (Denmark), Signe Hammarsten-Janson (Finland), Johannes Haukland (Norway) and Mark Sylvan (Sweden). Iceland participated with an illustration to the poem by artist Jón Stefánsson.

It was decided to choose the Danish contribution and that the stamps (two from each country) should be ready for during second half of 1956. As well proofs as stamps were engraved by Swedish chief engraver Sven Ewert.


On the 1st October 1956, the postal administrations of the five Nordic countries announced at the same time that "in order to accentuate the Nordic cohe-sion and the importance of the Nordic cooperation in various fields" they were going to "issue some special stamps with common motif on the Nordic Countries' Day, 30th October 1956". Each country issued the stamps with two values in red and blue colours respectively.

We had to wait 13 years to see the next Norden issue (although 3 Nordic countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden, issued in 1960 a common stamp to celebrate the common airline company SAS – this issue is often considered by Norden collectors as being part of this collection). In 1969 the common design was five Viking ships from a rock carving.

In 1973 - The Nordic House in Reykjavik and in 1977 five water-lilies in pure water symbolising the environmental collaboration. Since that year, the Norden stamps bear a common logo – a post horn made of five horns.


In 1980 it was decided to issue the Norden stamps every three years and (as the Europa stamps since 1974) to follow a common theme instead having a common design.

• 1980 - Handy crafts
• 1983 - Tourism
• 1986 - Twin cities
• 1989 - Folk costumes
• 1991 - Tourism - I - since that year Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland also take part making a total of 8 countries issuing Norden stamps.

The Faroe Islands issued in 1989 two stamps following the common them « folk costumes » but those stamps don’t bear the Norden logo.

• 1993 - Tourism - II
• 1995 - Tourism - III
• 1998 - Boats
• 2002 - Modern art - since that year, the Norden stamps are being issued every two years.

Since 2004, the Norden stamps are issued in souvenir-sheets following a common them who runs during 3 issues:

2004-2006-2008 - Nordic mythology I - II - III.


This year the new 3 years common theme is « Life by the sea » who will run from 2010 until 2014.

source: http://www.ptt-museum.dk/en/online_magazine/previous_articles/post/?id=71/
official website: http://www.topoftheworld.nu

Sweden - Norden 2010

Sweden - Norden

Date of Issue: 24th March 2010

2 stamps (2x 12.- SEK) issued in one souvenir sheet

Sweden 2010

Sweden

Date of Issue: 28th January 2010

two stamps (2x 12.- SEK) issued in rolls (stamps alternating)

Sweden - [Sverige]

Sweden - [Sverige]

Capital: Stockholm
Languages: Swedish
Population: 9,263,872
Currency: Swedish krona - SEK
Internet code: .se
Status: Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden


Posten AB



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: yes

Europa stamps: since 1960, 1969, 1974 ->

Official site: http://www.posten.se
info: kundservice@pf.posten.se

"Sweden issued their first Europa stamp in 1960. Then they waited 9 more years to issue their second Europa stamp in order to celebrate the 10 years of the CEPT, in 1969."

"We had to wait untill 1974 to have the next issue, but since then Sweden took always part with 2, 3 or 4 stamps."

"Sweden is famous for their roll-stamps, easily recognizable by the fact that the don't have any perforation on both sides of each stamp! They issue also most of their stamps in booklets."

Sweden 2009

Sweden

Date of Issue: 29th January 2009

two stamps (2x 12.- SEK)



both stamps are issued in a booklet of 4 stamps (2x of each stamp)

Norden stamps 2008

Europe - Norden

Norden 2008
"Nordic mythology - part III"

27.03.2008 Åland - 1 souvenir-sheet (världen value)
27.03.2008 Denmark - 1 souvenir-sheet (5.50 & 7.75 DKK)
27.03.2008 Faroe Is. - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 7.50 DKK)
27.03.2008 Finland - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.70 €)
27.03.2008 Greenland - 1 souvenir-sheet (7.- & 8.- DKK)
27.03.2008 Iceland - 1 souvenir-sheet (120.- ISK)
27.03.2008 Norway - 1 souvenir-sheet (innland & Europa value)
27.03.2008 Sweden - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 11.- SEK)

Sweden 2008

Sweden

Date of Issue: 27th March 2008

two stamps (2x 11.- SEK)


both stamps are issued in a booklet of 4 stamps (2x of each stamp)

Sweden - Norden 2008

Sweden - Norden

Date of Issue: 27th March 2008

2 stamps (2x 11.- SEK) issued in one souvenir sheet

Sweden 2007

Sweden

Date of Issue: 22nd March 2007

two stamps (2x BREV value)



both stamps are issued in a booklet of 4 stamps (2x of each stamp)