Sweden

Scott No.: 1297
Date of Issue: September 6, 1979
Species: European Green Toad (Bufo viridis)

Scott No.: 1527a
Date of Issue: March 14, 1985
(Frog on booklet cover)

*Scott No.: 1638
Date of Issue: May 14, 1987
Set: Astrid Lindgren

Scott No.: 1727
Date of Issue: January 31, 1989
Species: European Treefrog (Hyla arborea)

Scott No.: 2086
Date of Issue: August 5, 1994
Set: Greetings

Scott No.: 2527
Date of Issue: March 29, 2006

This souvenir sheet features stamps representing Norse mythology. The stamp on the left pictures Skogsraet, a wood nymph, or "Lady of the Forest," and the one on the right Nacken, an apparently none-too-friendly water spirit who would lure people to watery deaths with his violin. The frog is in the right border.

Scott No.: 2536 (block of four), 2536d (stamp), 2536e (pane of ten)
Date of Issue: May 4, 2006
Set: Summer by the Lake

See also: First Day Cover

Scott No.: 2587
Date of Issue: March 27, 2008

Swedish Post says: "The third set of Top of the World of Stamps – Nordic Mythology focuses on mythical places. The Swedish stamps, two to a minisheet, depict a journey to the mythical Blåkulla och “Blue Mountain”. Conceptions of Blåkulla go back to the witch-hunting hysteria that culminated in Europe in the 16th and the 17th centuries. The journey to Blåkulla itself usually plays an important role in the myths surrounding the mountain where the witches´ sabbath was held at Easter, the Devil playing a central role." The collector's sheet is pretty cool, too.

Scott No.: 2619b
Date of Issue: May 14, 2009
Species: European Treefrog (Hyla arborea)
Set: Summer Nature

The Swedish Post site describes the set: "Five scenes from different parts of the country illustrate how lush Swedish nature can be. The stamps hint at the different experiences nature has to offer, whether academic or recreational, physical or mental."

See also: First Day Cover

Scott No.: 2630b
Date of Issue: January 28, 2010
Europa 2010: Children's Books

According to Swedish Post web site: "The Swedish stamps honor two female authors who are separated by three-quarters of a century but share similarities in their writing styles. Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) and Lena Anderson (1939-) both weave a story while still including a pedagogical message." This illustration is from Beskow's "Children of the Forest" (1910).

Scott No: 2687
Date of Issue: January 14, 2021
Europa 2021: Endangered National Wildlife
Species: European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis)

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