SWEDEN DESCRIPTIVE WANT LIST 1975 - 2002

updated 03/10/2007

year

DESCRIPTION

FACE VALUE & COLOR

1975 Hernqvist by Per Krafft the Younger 75Ø (violet, perf. 12 1/2 horiz.
1975 European Architectural Heritage year 75Ø (Foundry and fumace, Engelsberg), 75Ø (Gunpodwer Tower, Visby), 75Ø (Falun mine pithead gear)
1975 Public service watching, garding, helping 90Ø (Fire fighters), 90Ø (Customs narcotics trained dogs), 90Ø (Hospital service, ambulance) 90Ø (Rescue at sea)
1975 Locomotives (green), (dark blue), 90Ø (slate green)
1975 1915 Nobel Prize winners 75Ø (claret), 90Ø (violet blue), 1,10K (slate green)
1976 Europa issue 1,30k (tile)
1976 Swedish Seamen's Cross 85Ø
1977 Wild Berries 75Ø (cranberry), 75Ø (raspberry), 75Ø (whortieberry), 75Ø (alpine strawberry)
1977 1917 Nobel Prize winners 1,10k (red brown)
1978 Europa issue 1,70k (arch and stairs)
1978 Christian associations 90Ø (baptitst), 90Ø (salvation army)
1978 Travels of Von Linné 1,30k (Brosarp hilss, perf. horiz.), 1,30k (Linnaea borealis, perf. on 3 sides), 1,30k (red limestone cliff, perf on 2 sides), 1.30k (Linné with Lapp drum wearing, perf. on 2 sides)
1978 1918 Nobel Prize winners 1,70k (dark violet blue)
1979 International Year of the child 1,70k (dark blue)
1979 Europa issue 1,70k (ocher & blk)
1979 Gota Canal 1,15k (tourist steamer Juno), 1,15k (Borenshult lock.), 1,15k (Roller bridge, Hajstorp), 1,15k (hand-draw gate), 1,15k (sailing), 1,15k (rowboat in Forsvik lock)
1979 Fauna 65Ø (gray, pike), 80Ø (olive green, green spotted toad)
1979 Swedish Rococo 90Ø (potpourri pot), 1,15k (portrait, by J.H. Scheffel), 1,30k (silver coffepot), 1,70k (Bust of C.J. Cronstedt)
1979 Sea research 1,70k (herrings, age determination), 1,70k (acoustic survey of sea bottom), 1,70k (Water blomm of algae, Baltic sea), 1,70k (computer map of herring distribution), 1,70k (research ship Argos)
1979 1919 Nobel Prize winners 1,30k (lilac), 2,50k (olive green)
1980 Renewable energy 1,15k (solar energy)
1980 Crown Princess Victoria and King Carl XVI Gustaf 1,70k (carmine rose, perf 12 1/2 vert.)
1980 Elise Ottensen 1,70k (red)
1981/84 Queen Silvia 2,40k (black)
1981 Various, issued Sept. 9 2,40k (electric locomotive), 2,40k (trucks), 2,40k (Brigit Nilsson), 2,40k (Oil ring), 2,40k (Bjorn Borg), 2,40k (Baker's sing), 2,40k (Ingemar Stenmark)
1981 Swedish Films 1,50k (Olof Ahs, The Coachman), 1,50k (Ingrid Bergman, Intermezzo), 1,65k (Greta Garbo, The Gosta Berling saga), 1,65k (Stig Jarrel, Persecution), 2,40k (Kari Sylwan, Cries and Whispers)
1982 Wild Orchids 1,65k (Orchis mascula), 1,65k (Cypripedium), 2,40k (Epipactis palustris), 2,70k (Dactylorhiza sambucina)
1982 Nobel Prize winners in Physics 2,40k (Niels Bohr), 2,40k (Erwin Schrodinger), 2,40k (Louis de Broglie), 2,40k (Paul Direc), 2,40k (Werner Heinsenberg)
1983/85 Games 60Ø (dominoes), 80Ø (chinese checkers), 90Ø (backgammon), 3k (chess, perf. 12 1/2 horiz.)
1983/85 King Carl XVI Gustaf 2,70k (dull red brown)
1983/85 Queen Silvia 3,20k (brt blue, perf. 12 1/2 vert.)
1983 Stockholmia 2,70k (sliding-jaw wrench), 1k (blue), 2k (red), 3k (blue), 4k (green)
1983 Helgeandholmen 2,70k
1983 Swedish Music 1,80k (W. Stenhammar), 1,80k (Aniara), 1,80k (L. Gullin), 1,80k (ABBA), 2,70k (H. Anders)
1983 Christmas 1,60k (folk children, christmas porridge and gingerbread)
1983 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry 2,70k (A. Tiselius), 2,70k (G. De Hevsy), 2,70k (S. Arrenius), 2,70k (T. Svedberg), 2,70k (H. Von Euler-Chelpin)
1984 Postal Savings Cent. 1,60k (purple)
1984 Europa issue 2,70k (deep ultra)
1984 Flora & Fauna 1,90k (musk ox), 2,25k (alpine birch)
1984 Swedish Patent System Centenary 2,70k (paraffin stove), 2,70k (industrial robot ASEA-A-IRB 6), 2,70k (fan suction vacuun cleaner), 2,70k (inboard - outboard motor AQ200), 2,70k (SLIC integrated electronic circuit), 2,70k (tetrahedron container)
1984 Stockholmia'86 1k (Erik XIV's marriage proposal to Elizabeth I), 2k (E. Dahlbergh to S. Bielke), 3k (feather letter), 4k (A. Strindberg to H. Bosse)
1984 Women's rights 6,50k (red)
1984 Medieval Twons 1,90k (Jonkoping), 1,90k (Karlstad), 1,90k (Gavle), 1,90k (Sigtuna), 1,90k (Norrkoping), 1,90k (Vadstena)
1984 Christmas 1,60k (coccothraustes), 1,60k (dendrocopos major), 1,60k (sitta europaea)
1984 Nobel Prizes winnwers in Physiology or Medicine 2,70k (G. Von Bekesy), 2,70k (J. Eccles, A. Hodgkin & A. Huxley), 2,70k (J. Axelrod, B. Katz & U. Von Euler), 2,70k (D. hubel, T. Wiesel)
1985 World Table Tennis Championships 2,70k (J.O. Waldner)
1985 Europa issue 2,70k (key harp)
1985 Stockholmia 86 2k, 2k (Skeppsholmen, winter by G. Adrian Nilsson), 3k, 4k
1985 Trade signs 20Ø (coppersmith), 50Ø (Heberdasher)
1985 Royal Academy of Fine Arts 7k (Baron C. F. Adelcrantz)
1985 International Youth year 2k, 2,70k, 3,20k
1985   1,60k (P.A. Hansson), 4K (B. Sjoberg)
1985 Christmas 1,80k (annunciation)
1985 Nobel laureates in literature 2,70k (W. Faulkner), 2,70k (H. Kilian Laxness), 2,70k (M.A. Asturias), 2,70k (Y. Kawatana)
1986/89 Crown and Posthorn 1,80k (violet), 2,80k (emerald), 3,20k (yellow brown), 6k (blue green)
1986/89 King Carl XVI Gustaf 3,30k (dark rose brown)
1986/89 Queen Silvia 3,90k (violet blue)
1986 Stockholmia 86 2k (20Ø numeral of 1877/79), 2k, 3k, 4k
1986 Swedish Academy 1,70k (Sundial), 1,70k (Motto of the Swedish Academy)
1986 40th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf 2,10k (the king), 2,10k (Royal Cipher, dark blue, pale green & gold)
1986 Olof Palme 2,10k, 2,90k
1986 Europa issue 2,10k (automotive pollutants), 2,90k (industrial pollutants)
1986 Stockholmia 86 2,10k (mail handling terminal, Tomteboda), 2,10k (railroad mail car), 2,90k (post office), 2,90k (postman)
1986 Amnesty International 25th anniv. 3,40k
1986 Christmas 1,90k (child mailing letter)
1986 Nobel Prize laureates 2,90k (B. Von Suttner), 2,90k (C. Von Ossietzky), 2,90k (A. Luthuli), 2,90k (M. Lutter King), 2,90k (Mother Teresa)
1987 Conservation 2,10k (Pamassius mnemosyne)
1987 Europa issue 3,10k (City library, Apslund, perf. 13 on 3 sides), 3,10k (Lewerentz Marcus Church, perf. 13 on 3 sides)
1987 Illustrations from children's novels 1,90k (Karlsson Pa Taket)
1987 Swedes in the service of mankind 3,10k (R. Wallenberg), 3,10k (D. Hammarskjold), 3,10k (Folke Bernadotte)
1987 Botanical Gardens 2,10k (Victoria cruziana), 2,10k (Layout of baroque palace garden), 2,10k (White anemones, rock garden), 2,10k (Tulip free blossoms)
1987 Circus 2,10k (juggler, colwn), 2,10k (high wire), 2,10k (equestrian)
1987 Christmas 2k (putting porridge in the stable for the gray christmas elf), 2k (watering horses at a north-running stream on boxing day), 2k (hanging out sheaves of wheat to foretell a good harvest)
1987 Nobel Prize winnwers in Physics 2,90k (A. Hewish), 2,90k (S. Chandrasekhar), 2,90k (W. Fowler), 2,90k (A. Penzias & R. Wilson), 2,90k (M. Ryle)
1988 Inland boats 3,10k (skiff, Lake Hjalmaren), 3,10k (village boat, lake Vattern), 3,10k (rowboat, Byske), 3,10 (flat-bottomed rowboat, Asnen), 3,10k (ice boat, lake Vanern), 3,10k (church boat, lake Locknesjon)
1988 300th anniv of settling of New Sweden 3,60k (17th century european settlers negotiating with american indians), 3,60k (Bishop hill and painter Olof Krans), 3,60k (Carl Sandburg & Jenny Lind), 3,60k (Lindberg), 3,60k (astronaut), 3,60k (Swedish players in National hockey league)
1988 Conservation 4,40k (anguilla anguilla)
1988 Midsummer celebration 2k (rowing), 2k (childrens making wreaths), 2k (fiddlers), 2k (dancing), 2k (accordion player), 2k (maypole, residence), 2k (bouquet of flowers)
1988 Stora mining Co. 4,40k (mine 18th cent.)
1988 Royal dramatic theater 8k
1988 Paintings 2,20k (self-portrait, N. Dardel), 2,20k (old age home in autumm, V. Nilsson), 2,20k (self-portrait, I. Grunewald), 2,20k (visit of an eccentric lady, Dardel), 2,20k (soap bubbles, Nilsson), 2,20k (the fair, Grunewald)
1988 Europa issue 3,10k (X2 high speed train, perf. 13 on 3 sides), 3,10k (steam locomotive)
1988 Dan Andersson 2,20k
1988 Nobel Laureates in chemistry 3,10k (K. Ziegler), 3,10k (A. Klug), 3,10k (I. Prigogine)
1988 Chritsmas 2k (star of Bethlehem, angel, horse), 2k (birds singing), 2k (magi offering gifts), 2k (holy family), 2k (shepherds with palm offering)
1989 Lighthouses 2,70k
1989 Enderaged species 2,60k (calidris alpina schinzil)
1989 Opening of the Globe Arena at Stockholm 2,30k (exterior), 2,30k (gymnastics), 2,30k (concert)
1989 Folk costumes 3,30k (belt pouch)
1989 Europa issue 2,30k, 3,30k (kick-sledding), 3,30k (sailing toy boats)
1989 Summer 2,10k (camping), 2,10k (croquet)
1989 Polar exploration 3,30k (aircraft, temperature experiment), 3,30k (settlement, Artic pass), 3,30 (icebreaker experiment), 3,30k (penguins, tall ship and longboat), 3,30k (antartic transports, helicopter), 3,30k (surveying, albatross)
1989 Smaland businesses 2,30k (furniture), 2,30k (assembly equipment), 2.30k (sewing machines), 2,30k (glassware), 2,30k (metal springs), 2,30k (matchsticks)
1989 Bla Jungfrun Natl. Park 4,30k (birds and coastline)
1989 Swedish Kennel Club 2,40k (large spitz), 2,40k (fox hound), 2,40k (small spitz)
1989 Nobel laureates in Physiology 3,60k (T. Morgan), 3,60k (J. Watson, F. Crick, M. Wilkins), 3,60k (W. Arber, D. Nathans, H. Smith)
1990 National Parks 4,10k (deer, lake, Padjelanta park), 4,80K (bears, forest, Sanfjallet park)
1990/97 Queen Silvia (1983) 4,60k (bright orange)
1990/97 Queen Silvia (perf. hor.) 6,50k (purple)
1990/97 Queen Silvia (perf. ver.) 7,50k (purple), 8k (brown red)
1990 Viking heritage 2,50k (viking head of carved bone, dragon carving from a molding found in Birka), 2,50k (three viking longships), 2,50k (viking town), 2,50k (bronze statue of pagan fertility god, silver cross), 2,50k (bishop's croiser, southern russian carved statue of a deer), 2,50k (viking longship, stern), 2,50k (viking longship, bow, horsemen, woman, warrior & wolf), 2,50k (sword hilts)
1990 Europa issue 3,80k (Vasteras, 1956)
1990 World equestrian games 3,80k (endurance, ridling), 3,80k (combined training), 3,80k (show jumping), 3,80k (dressage), 3,80k (volting)
1990 Apiculture 2,30k (worker bee collecting nectar), 2,30k (drone, 7 cells, blue green panel), 2,30k (hive hanging from tree)
1990 Wasa nautical museum 4,60k
1990 C. M. Bellman & E. Taube verses 2,50k (dearest brothers, sisters and friends), 2,50k (proud city), 2,50k (fredmen in the gutter), 2,50k (happy baker in San Remo), 2,50k (at sea), 2,50k (Violava)
1990 Photography 2,50k (bellows camera), 2,50k (August Strindberg), 2,50k (35mm camera)
1990 Clouds 4,70k (cumulonimbus), 4,90k (cirrus), 5,20k (alto cumulus)
1990 Nobel laureates in literature 3,80k (P. Lagerkvist), 3,80k (E. Hemingway), 3,80k (A. Camus), 3,80k (B. Pasternak)
1990 Christmas 2,30k (schlumbergerax buckleyi), 2,30k (Helleborus niger), 2,30k (rhododendron simsii), 2,30k (hippeastrum hortorum), 2,30k (hyacintus orientalis), 2,30k (euphorbia pulcherrima)
1991 Maps 5k (carta marina, Olaus Magnus), 5k (Scandinavia, A. Bureas & J. Blaeus), 5k (celestial globe, A. Akerman), 5k  (contour map, 1938), 5k (Stockholm, 1989), 5k (Bedrock map, 1984)
1991 Fish 5,60k (leucaspius delineatus)
1991 Europa issue 4k (Hermes space plane), 4k (Freja satellite), 4k (tele-x satellite)
1991 Olympic champions 2,50k (T. Gustaffson), 2,50k (U. Knape)
1991 Iron mining 2,50k (spetal mine, Norberg), 2,50k (Forsmark mill), 2,50k (ironworks forge), 2,50k (forge welding), 2,50k (Dannemona mine), 2,50k (blast furnace, Pershyttan)
1991 Czeslaw Slania 70th birthday 10k (King gustavus III), 10k (Gustavus with crown held above head), 10k (chancellor Horn, archbishop Beronius holding crown above Gustavus III)
1991 Christmas 2,30k (cat beside tree)
1991 Nobel Laureates Peace 4k (J.E. Dunat), 4k (A. Schweitzer), 4k (A. Myrdal), 4k (A. Sakharov)
1992/96 Wild animals 3k (mustela putorius),, 12k (lynx lynx)
1992 Olympic champions 2,80k (T. Wassberg)
1992 Stamp collecting 2,80k, 4,50k, 5,50k
1992 Europa, sailing ships 4,50k (Sprengtporten 1785), 4,50k (Sperb 1855), 4,50k (Big T)
1992 Olympic champions 5,50k (G. Larsson), 5,50k (B. Johansson), 5,50k (A. Garderud), 5,50k (G. Fredriksson)
1992 Greetings stamps 2,80k (hand with flower), 2,80k (cheese), 2,80k (baby), 2,80k (hand holding pen)
1992 Paintings 5,50k (kitchend maib, Rembrandt), 5,50k (the triumph of Venus, Boucher), 5,50k (portrait of a girl, Durer), 5,50k (Rorstrand vase, Wahlberg), 5,50k (motif from the Seine, hill), 5,50k (Sergel in his studio, Carlsson)
1992 Prehistoric animals 2,80k (plateosaurus), 2,80k (thoracosaurus), 2,80k (coelodonta antiquitatis), 2,80k (mammuthus primigenius)
1992 Automobiles 4k (Volvo P831)
1992 Birds of the Baltic shores 4,50k (pandion haliaetus), 4,50k (limosa limosa), 4,50k (margus merganser), 4,50k (tadorna tadorna)
1992 Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate in literature 5,50k (text), 5,50k (portrait)
1993 Sport championships 6k (gliding), 6k (wresting), 6k (table tennis), 6k (bowling), 6k (team handball), 6k (cross-country)
1993 Tourist attractions in Gotteborg 3,50k (Liseburg amusement park), 3,50k (fountain of Poseidon)
1993/94 Fruits 2,40k (ribes uva crispa), 2,40k (pyrus communis)
1993 Europa, contemporary art 5k (Oguasark, O. Baertling), 5k (ade-lidic-nander II, Fahlstrom), 5k (the cubist chair, Carlsund)
1993 Butterflies 6k (papilio machaon), 6k (nymphalis antiopa), 6k (colias palaeno), 6k (europhydryas maturna)
1993 Greetings 2,90k (tycker no dig), 2,90 (lucka till)
1993 Sea birds 5k (mergus serrator), 5k (melanitta fusca), 5k (aythya fuligula), 5k (somateria mollissima)
1993 20th anniv. of the reing of Carl XVI Gustav 8k (king holding flag), 10k (king), 10k (queen Silvia), 12k Royal family)
1993 Nobel Prize 6k (T. Morrison, literature), 6k (Stockholm city hall)
1994 European economic assoc. agreement 5k (mother Svea)
1994 Domestic animals 3,10k (swedish dwarf poultry), 7,50k (yellow duck)
1994 Cats 4,50k (siamese), 4,50k (persian), 4,50k (european), 4,50k (abyssinian)
1994 Swedish - French cultural relations 5k (roman de la rose), 5k (swedish & french flags), 5k (house of the nobility), 5k (household chores), 5k (banquet for Gustavus III at the Trianon), 5k (Charles XIV)
1994 Swedish desing 6,50k (vase with irises), 6,50k (table and chair), 6,50k (cabinet 1940's and textile 1920's), 6,50k (fireworks bowl), 6,50k (silver vater jug), 6,50k (towel, plate, fork and spoon)
1994