The Kingdom of Sweden is situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. Its western and northern border is Norway, its eastern border is the Gulf of Bothnia and it has a very small land border in the south with Denmark. Its capital is Stockholm.
Sweden issued its first stamps inscribed “SVERIGE” and depicting the Swedish Coat of Arms in 1855. A printing error resulted in the Treskilling Yellow which is one of the highest priced stamps in the world today. As Sweden is a monarchy, kings and queens often feature on the stamps.
1858
Arms Series
SG # 8a
Used (Hinged)
1872
Various Frames Series, including King Oscar II
SG # 29
Used (Hinged)
SG # 30
Used (Hinged)
SG # 31
Used (Hinged)
SG # 32
Used (Hinged)
SG # 33a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 34
Used (Hinged)
SG # 21
Used (Hinged)
SG # 35
Used (Hinged)
SG # 36
Used (Hinged)
SG # 37a
Used (Hinged)
1891
Various Frames Series including King Oscar II
SG # 41
Used (Hinged)
SG # 42a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 44
Used (Hinged)
SG # 45c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 46
Used (Hinged)
SG # 47
Used (Hinged)
SG # 48
Used (Hinged)
SG # 49
Used (Hinged)
SG # 50
Used (Hinged)
SG # 51a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 53
Used (Hinged)
1910
Various Frames Series including King Gustav V
SG # 65
Used (Hinged)
SG # 66
Used (Hinged)
SG # 67
Used (Hinged)
SG # 68
Used (Hinged)
SG # 69
Used (Hinged)
SG # 70
Used (Hinged)
SG # 71
Used (Hinged)
SG # 72
Used (Hinged)
SG # 73
Used (Hinged)
SG # 74
Used (Hinged)
SG # 75
Used (Hinged)
SG # 76
Used (Hinged)
SG # 78
Used (Hinged)
SG # 79
Used (Hinged)
SG # 80
Used (Hinged)
SG # 81
Used (Hinged)
SG # 85
Used (Hinged)
SG # 86
Used (Hinged)
SG # 64
Used (Hinged)
1917
King Gustav V Series (Surcharged)
SG # 87
Used (Hinged)
SG # 89
Used (Hinged)
1920
Various Frames Series including King Gustav V
SG # 95
Used (Hinged)
SG # 96
Used (Hinged)
SG # 97a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 98
Used (Hinged)
SG # 99
Used (Hinged)
SG # 102a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 103
Used (Hinged)
SG # 104a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 100
Used (Hinged)
SG # 101
Used (Hinged)
SG # 105
Used (Hinged)
SG # 106
Used (Hinged)
SG # 107
Used (Hinged)
SG # 108
Used (Hinged)
SG # 109
Used (Hinged)
SG # 110
Used (Hinged)
SG # 112
Used (Hinged)
SG # 113
Used (Hinged)
SG # 114
Used (Hinged)
SG # 115
Used (Hinged)
SG # 116
Used (Hinged)
SG # 117
Used (Hinged)
SG # 118
Used (Hinged)
SG # 119
Used (Hinged)
Tercentenary of Swedish Post between Stockholm and Hamburg Series
SG # 120
Used (Hinged)
1921
Gustav V Series
SG # 121
Used (Hinged)
SG # 122
Used (Hinged)
SG # 123
Used (NH)
SG # 124
Used (Hinged)
SG # 125
Used (Hinged)
SG # 126
Used (Hinged)
SG # 129
Used (Hinged)
SG # 133
Used (Hinged)
SG # 134
Used (Hinged)
SG # 135
Used (Hinged)
SG # 136
Used (Hinged)
SG # 138
Used (Hinged)
SG # 139a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 140
Used (Hinged)
SG # 141
Used (Hinged)
1928
70th Birthday of King Gustav V and Cancer Research Fund Series
SG # 175b
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 175c
Unused (Hinged)
1930
Air Series
SG # 175f
Used (NH)
1935
500th Anniversary of the 1st Swedish Parliament, Stockholm Buildings
SG # 182
Used (Hinged)
SG # 183
Used (Hinged)
1936
Tercentenary of Swedish Post Series
SG # 188
Used (Hinged)
SG # 189
Used (Hinged)
SG # 190
Used (Hinged)
SG # 191
Used (Hinged)
SG # 192
Used (Hinged)
SG # 193
Used (Hinged)
SG # 194
Used (Hinged)
SG # 197
Used (Hinged)
1938
250th Birth Anniversary of E. Swedenborg Series
SG # 201
Used (NH)
300th Anniversary of Founding of New Sweden (USA) Series
SG # 204
Used (Hinged)
SG # 205
Used (Hinged)
SG # 207
Used (Hinged)
1939
80th Birthday of King Gustav V Series
SG # 208
Used (NH)
SG # 209
Used (Hinged)
Bicentenary of Swedish Academy of Sciences Series
SG # 230a
Used (NH)
King Gustav V and Small Arms of Sweden
SG # 234b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 299
Used (NH)
SG # 235b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 300
Used (Hinged)
SG # 236b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 237
Used (Hinged)
SG # 238
Used (Hinged)
SG # 239
Used (Hinged)
SG # 241
Used (Hinged)
SG # 242
Used (NH)
SG # 301a
Used (NH)
SG # 302
Used (NH)
SG # 221
Used (Hinged)
SG # 302a
Used (NH)
SG # 303
Used (NH)
SG # 222
Used (Hinged)
SG # 223
Used (Hinged)
SG # 224
Used (Hinged)
SG # 304
Used (Hinged)
SG # 225
Used (NH)
SG # 305
Used (Hinged)
SG # 305b
Used (NH)
SG # 305c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 306c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 306ca
Used (Hinged)
SG # 306d
Used (Hinged)
SG # 306e
Used (NH)
SG # 306g
Used (Hinged)
SG # 306i
Used (Hinged)
SG # 306k
Used (NH)
Death Centenary of P.H. Ling (Creator of the Swedish Drill) Series
SG # 228
Used (Hinged)
Bicentenary of Swedish Academy of Sciences
SG # 231
Used (Hinged)
1940
Birth Bicentenary of CM Bellman (Poet) Series
SG # 244
Used (Hinged)
Birth Bicentenary of Sergel Series – sculptor
SG # 246
Used (NH)
1941
Royal Palace Stockholm Series
SG # 252b
Used (Hinged)
55th Anniversary of Canonization of St Bridget Series (Foundress of Bridget Order of the Saviour)
SG # 255
Used (NH)
1943
50th Anniversary of National Voluntary Rifle Association Series
SG # 267
Used (NH)
Birth Centenary of Oscar Montelius Series – archeologist
SG # 269
Used (NH)
1945
Tercentenary of Swedish Press Series
SG # 279
Used (NH)
1946
800th Anniversary of Lund Cathedral Series
SG # 286
Used (NH)
Centenary of Swedish Agricultural Show Series
SG # 288
Used (Hinged)
50th Death Anniversary of Alfred Nobel Series (scientist and creator of the Nobel Foundation)
SG # 292
Used (Hinged)
1949
Birth Centenary of Strindberg Series (dramatist)
SG # 310
Used (NH)
2nd Lingiad Series – Stockholm
SG # 314
Used (NH)
1951
King Gustav VI Adolf Series (Coloured Lettering)
SG # 318
Used (Hinged)
SG # 318b
Used (NH)
SG # 388
Used (Hinged)
SG # 320
Used (NH)
SG # 391
Used (Hinged)
SG # 322a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 323a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 324a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 393
Used (Hinged)
SG # 394
Used (NH)
King Gustav VI Adolf Series (White Lettering)
SG # 429
Used (Hinged)
SG # 430
Used (Hinged)
SG # 431a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 432a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 433a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 433b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 435a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 436
Used (Hinged)
SG # 437
Used (Hinged)
SG # 438a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 386 and 438a
Used (NH)
SG # 439a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 439a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 439c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 440
Used (NH)
SG # 440a
Used (NH)
SG # 440c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 441
Used (Hinged)
SG # 441a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 441a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 441d
Used (Hinged)
Death Bicentenary of Polhem Series – engineer
SG # 329a
Used (NH)
Numbers Series
SG # 383
Used (Hinged)
SG # 386
Used (Hinged)
SG # 389
Used (Hinged)
1953
700th Anniversary of Stockholm Series
SG # 338
Used (NH)
1954
Rock Carvings Series
SG # 347
Used (Hinged)
SG # 349
Used (Hinged)
SG # 350
Used (Hinged)
SG # 351
Used (Hinged)
SG # 352
Used (Hinged)
SG # 353
Used (Hinged)
SG # 355
Used (NH)
1955
Centenary of First Swedish Postage Stamps Series
SG # 362
Used (Hinged)
SG # 363
Unused (Hinged)
National Flag Day Series
SG # 364
Used (Hinged)
Death Centenary of P.D.A. Atterbom Series – poet
SG # 371
Used (NH)
1956
16th Olympic Games Equestrian Competition Series in Stockholm
SG # 373
Used (Hinged)
SG # 373
Used (Hinged)
Northern Countries’ Day Series
SG # 374
Used (Hinged)
16th Olympic Games Equestrian Competition Series in Stockholm
SG # 377
Used (Hinged)
1958
World Football Championship Series
SG # 399
Used (NH)
SG # 400
Used (Hinged)
1960
Birth Centenary of Gustav Froding Series – poet
SG # 422
Used (NH)
Europa Series
SG # 424
Used (Hinged)
1961
250th Birth Anniversary of Carl Gustav Pilo Series (painter)
SG # 442
Used (Hinged)
Tercentenary of Royal Library Regulation Series
SG # 446
Used (Hinged)
SG # 446
Used (Hinged)
Nobel Prize Winners Series (Inscribed “NOBELPRIS 1901”)
SG # 450
Used (Hinged)
1962
Centenary of Municipal Laws Series
SG # 454
Used (Hinged)
Swedish Monuments Series
SG # 456
Used (Hinged)
SG # 456
Used (Hinged)
1963
Engineering and Industry Series
SG # 464
Used (Hinged)
Swedish Monuments Series
SG # 470
Used (Hinged)
1964
800th Anniversary of Archbishopric of Uppsala Series
SG # 475
Used (Hinged)
Nobel Prize Winners Series (Inscribed NOBELPRIS 1904)
SG # 477
Used (Hinged)
SG # 478
Used (Hinged)
1965
Swedish Monuments (3rd Series)
SG # 479
Used (NH)
SG # 480
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of the ITU Series
SG # 482
Used (Hinged)
Birth Centenary of Prins Eugen, painter 1865 -1947
SG # 484
Used (Hinged)
Death Centenary of Fredrika Bremer Series – novelist
SG # 486
Unused (NH)
Nobel Prize Winners 1905
SG # 489
Unused (NH)
1966
Birth Centenary of Nathan Soderblom Series (Archbishop of Uppsala)
SG # 490
Used (Hinged)
World Men’s Speed Sking Championships Series – Gothenburg
Sg # 492 and 493
Unused (NH)
SG # 492
Unused (NH)
SG # 493
Unused (NH)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 498
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Representative Assembly Reform Series
SG # 510
Used (Hinged)
Bicentary of Drottningholm Theatre Series
SG # 513 and 512
Unused (NH)
SG # 513
Used (Hinged)
Birth Centenary of Carl Almqvist Series – writer
SG # 515
Used (Hinged)
Nobel Prize Winners Series (Inscribed “NOBELPRIS 1906”)
SG # 523
Used (Hinged)
1967
World Handball Championships Series
SG # 525
Used (Hinged)
European Free Trade Association Series (EFTA)
SG # 527
Used (Hinged)
World Table Tennis Championships Series – Stockholm
SG # 528
Used (Hinged)
Iron Age Helmet Decorations Series
SG # 530
Used (NH)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 538
Used (Hinged)
SG # 539
Used (Hinged)
SG # 539b
Used (NH)
SG # 540
Used (Hinged)
SG # 541b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 542
Used (Hinged)
SG # 543
Used (Hinged)
95th Birthday of King Gustav VI Adolf
SG # 544
Used (Hinged)
SG # 545
Used (Hinged)
1968
Nobel Prize Winners Series
SG # 574
Used (Hinged)
1969
50th Anniversary of ILO
SG # 577
Used (Hinged)
Birth Centenaries Series – Hjalmar Soderberg (writer) and Bo Bergman (poet)
SG # 594
Used (NH)
300th Anniversary of Swedish Lighthouse Service Series
SG # 595
Used (NH)
Nobel Winners Series
SG # 603
Used (NH)
SG # 604
Unused (NH)
1970
Various Seals Series
SG # 610a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 611a
Used (Hinged)
Historic Buildings Series
SG # 619
Used (Hinged)
25th Anniversary of United Nations Series
SG # 628
Used (Hinged)
1971
Various Scenes Series
SG # 638
Used (Hinged)
SG # 639
Used (Hinged)
SG # 639a
Used (Hinged)
Nordic Help for Refugees’ Campaign Series
SG # 643
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 644
Used (Hinged)
The Mail Coach Series
SG # 652
Used (Hinged)
Nils Holgersson on Goose from the Wonderful Adventures of Niels by Selna Lagerlof
SG # 669
Used (Hinged)
Nobel Prize Winners Series (Inscribed NOBELPRIS 1911)
SG # 672
Used (NH)
1972
Roe Deer Series
SG # 682
Used (Hinged)
Swedish Mailplanes Series
SG # 695
Used (Hinged)
SG # 696
Used (Hinged)
SG # 698
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of “Lapponia” Series (book by J. Schefferus)
SG # 699
Used (Hinged)
Swedish 18th Century Art Series
SG # 705
Used (Hinged)
King Gustav VI Adolf Series
SG # 714
Used (Hinged)
1973
Bicentenary of Swedish Royal Theatre Series
SG # 725
Used (Hinged)
SG # 726
Used (Hinged)
History of Motor Coaches Series
SG # 728
Used (Hinged)
Gottland’s Picture Stones Series
SG # 734
Used (Hinged)
SG # 735
Used (Hinged)
Swedish Landscapes Series
SG # 736
Used (Hinged)
SG # 737
Used (Hinged)
SG # 738
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of IMO/WMO and Swedish Meteorological Organisations Series
SG # 741 and 742
Used (NH)
SG # 741
Used (NH)
SG # 742
Used (NH)
Nordic Countries’ Postal Co-operation Series
SG # 744
Used (NH)
King Gustav VI Adolf Memorial Issue
SG # 762
Used (Hinged)
1974
Swedish Anniversaries Series
SG # 777
Used (Hinged)
SG # 778
Used (Hinged)
Scenes Series
SG # 784
Used (Hinged)
SG # 785
Used (Hinged)
King Carl XVI Gustav Series
SG # 788
Used (Hinged)
SG # 789
Used (NH)
SG # 790
Used (Hinged)
SG # 791
Used (Hinged)
SG # 792
Used (Hinged)
SG # 794
Used (NH)
SG # 794
Used (NH)
Centenary of Universal Postal Union Series
SG # 800
Used (Hinged)
Tourism on Sweden’s West Coast Series
SG # 804
Used (Hinged)
SG # 806
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Publicists’ Club Series (Swedish Press, Radio and Television Association)
SG # 809
Used (NH)
Swedish Textile and Clothing Industry Series
Unused (NH)
SG # 810
Unused (NH)
SG # 811
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series – Mosaic Embroideries of Mythical Creatures
SG # 822
Used (Hinged)
1975
Europa Series
SG # 841
Used (NH)
SG # 842
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 847
Used (Hinged)
SG # 848
Used (NH)
SG # 849
Used (Hinged)
SG # 850
Used (NH)
1976
Various Scenes Series
SG # 875
Used (NH)
SG # 876
Used (Hinged)
SG # 877
Used (NH)
SG # 880
Used (Hinged)
Telephone Centenary Series
SG # 883
Used (Hinged)
Europa Series
SG # 887
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Swedish Seamen’s Church Series
SG # 894
Used (Hinged)
Royal Wedding Series
SG # 896
Used (Hinged)
Industrial Safety Series
SG # 904
Used (Hinged)
Literature Series – Nobel Prize Winner of 1916, Werner von Heidenstam
SG # 905
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series – Medieaval Book Illustrations
SG # 907
Used (NH)
SG # 910
Used (NH)
1977
500th Anniversary of Uppsala University Series
SG # 924
Used (Hinged)
Europa Series – Landscapes
SG # 925
Used (NH)
SG # 926
Used (NH)
Christmas Series – Seasonal Customs
SG # 947
Used (NH)
1978
Various Scenes Series
SG # 950
Used (Hinged)
Europa Series
SG # 952
Used (Hinged)
SG # 953
Used (Hinged)
Northern Arrow Series
SG # 974
Used (NH)
Christmas Series – Old Toys
SG # 985
Used (Hinged)
SG # 986
Used (Hinged)
SG # 987
Used (Hinged)
Nobel Prize Winners of 1918 Series
SG # 988
Used (Hinged)
1979
Wall Hanging Series
SG # 993
Used (NH)
Rebate Stamp Booklet (Issued in Booklets of 30)
SG # 994
Used (Hinged)
Europa Series
SG # 995
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Swedish Temperance Movement Series
SG # 1012
Used (NH)
1981
Gyr Falcon Series
SG # 1067
Used (Hinged)
Rebate Stamps Series – Year of Disabled Persons
SG # 1073
Used (NH)
King Carl XVI Gustav Series
SG # 1076
Used (NH)
SG # 1077b
Used (NH)
SG # 1078b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1078c
Used (Hinged)
“Night and Day” Series
SG # 1085
Used (NH)
Business Mail Series
SG # 1093
Used (NH)
SG # 1094
Used (Hinged)
1982
Various Scenes Series
SG # 1105
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1106
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1106
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1109
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Museum of Cultural History, Lund Series
SG # 1118
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series – Medieval Glass Paintings from Lye Church
SG # 1130 and 1129
Used (NH)
SG # 1129
Used (NH)
SG # 1130
Used (NH)
SG # 1132 and 1133
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1132
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1133
Unused (Hinged)
Fruits Series
SG # 1140
Used (NH)
SG # 1141
Used (NH)
SG # 1142
Used (NH)
500th Anniversary of Printing in Sweden Series
SG # 1146
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1147
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1148
Unused (Hinged)
1983
Nordic Countries’ Postal Co-operation Series – “Visit the North”
SG # 1151
Used (NH)
Europa Series
SG # 1158
Unused (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 1165
Used (NH)
Birth Centenary of Hjalmar Bergman Series (novelist and dramatist)
SG # 1167 and 1166
Used (NH)
SG # 1166
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1167
Used (Hinged)
1984
Swedish Mountain World Series
SG # 1187
Used (NH)
1985
King Carl XV1 Gustav Series
SG # 1229
Used (NH)
SG # 1230
Used (NH)
SG # 1230b
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1237
Used (NH)
Board Games Series
SG # 1267
Used (NH)
1986
Water Birds Series
SG # 1291
Used (NH)
Rebate Stamps Series – Arms of Swedish Provinces
SG # 1302
Used (NH)
Threatened Species of Meadows and Pastures Series
SG # 1333
Unused (Hinged)
1989
Animals in Threatened Habitats
SG # 1433
Used (NH)
Rebate Stamps Series
SG # 1443
Used (NH)
SG # 1446
Used (Hinged)
National Parks (1st Series)
SG # 1471
Used (NH)
1990
National Parks (2nd Series)
SG # 1486
Used (NH)
SG # 1487
Used (NH)
Clouds Series
SG # 1537
Used (NH)
1991
Freshwater Fishes Series
SG # 1551
Used (NH)
SG # 1552
Used (NH)
SG # 1553
Used (NH)
SG # 1555
Used (NH)
Rebate Stamps Series – Centenary of Skansen Park, Stockholm
SG # 1578
Used (NH)
SG # 1579
Used (NH)
Centenary of Public Amusement Parks Series
SG # 1581
Used (NH)
Stromsholm Castle Series
SG # 1598
Used (NH)
Christmas Illustrations Series (from children’s books)
SG # 1607
Used (Hinged)
1992
Wildlife Series
SG # 1614
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1615
Used (NH)
SG # 1617
Unused (NH)
European Football Championships Series – Sweden
SG # 1623
Used (NH)
SG # 1624
Used (NH)
Rebate Stamps Series – Centenary of “Kamratposten” (Children’s magazine)
SG # 1631
Used (NH)
SG # 1632
Used (NH)
SG # 1633
Used (NH)
SG # 1634
Used (NH)
88th Inter-parliamentary Union Conference Series – Stockholm
SG # 1645
Used (NH)
1993
Wildlife Series
SG # 1668
Used (NH)
SG # 1669
Used (NH)
Rebate Stamps Series
SG # 1687
Used (NH)
SG # 1688
Used (NH)
1996
Wildlife Series
SG # 1849
Used (NH)
1997
King Carl XVI Gustav Series
SG # 1913
Used (NH)
Garden Flowers Series
SG # 1919
Used (Hinged)
Europa Series – Tales and Legends (illustrations by John Bauer)
SG # 1928
Used (NH)
Christmas Series – Angels from altarpiece (Litslena Church)
SG # 1953
Used (NH)
2001
Peonies Series
SG # 2165
Used (NH)
2002
Year of the Horse Series (Illustrations from Fairhair the Horse – cartoon character by Bertil Almquist)
SG # 2194
Used (NH)
2011
Cones Series (by G. Ornell)
No access to SF catalogue for this year
Used (Hinged)
Seal (not a Postage Stamp)
Cannot find a reference to this “stamp”
TB Stamp
No reference
Used (Hinged)