Insect Stamp of Sweden

Sweden which a Lapp did an ex-chief priest of became to be widely known since it came to perform a pirate / public interest activity in the viking times after the ninth century. It paid Finland to a follower in the thirteenth century, but it was incorporated Norway in the Denmark-led kingdom together in the end of the fourteenth century and restored independence in 1532. It ruled over Baltic Sea again and expanded the territory afterwards. However, it did cession of Finland in Russia from 1809, and the territory was reduced. The Napoleonic Wars defeat back formed Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but Norway became independent in 1905, too, and a current country was decided.
The stamp which it drew an insect on was issued in 1987 two kinds by this Sweden.
A bee stamp was issued in 1990. Three kinds of insect stamps were issued in 2008.


Kingdom of Sweden
1987.3.10 Normal Booklet Pane /Coil Stamp
Mnemosyne Parnassius
Parnassius mnemosyne
(Papilionidae)
Hermit Beetle
Osmoderma eremita
(Scarabaeidae)


1990.5.15 Honeybee Booklet Pane Stamp
Worker beeWorker beeWorker beeWorker bee
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)
Male beeQueen bee
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)


2008.1.24 Insect Coil Stamp
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus hypnorum
(Anthophoridae)
Red Wood Ant
Formica rufa
(Formicidae)
Seven-spotted Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
(Coccinelidae)


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