A small corner of Sweden
Swedish stamps reflect the country we live in. In recent years alone, you’ll find EPA tractors, cookies, the king, dogs, flowers, suffrage activists, and many, many more motifs. Tiny images of Sweden that we place on our letters, invitations, Christmas cards, or small gifts we send to each other. But how are the motifs chosen? Who creates the image and how is a stamp designed? Here you’ll see some of the stamps from recent years and meet the people who worked on them.
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Anna Handell, who created the stamp above, initially found the assignment difficult since the heart is such a commonly used symbol. But when she began painting winding leaves and flowers, things started to flow. The heart made of ferns is her favorite.
In the exhibition, you can learn more about the Stamp Council. On of the members of the Stamp Council is the photografer Jeppe Wikström. His favorite stamps from recent years are Owe Gustafson’s elephants.
What does a stamp designer do? One task, for exemple, is choosing the typeface, what the letters on the stamp look like. Eva Wilson, who designed the stamp featuring the Stockholm City Hall above, almost always chooses Swedish typefaces.
