Overview
Sustainability, maze-like furniture stores and music streaming services are just a few of the things Sweden does better than everybody else. And now, stamps can safely be added to that list.
To celebrate the fact that Sweden are pretty darn good at churning out pop musicians, Swedish postal service PostNord have dedicated their next stamp series to some of the best Swedish purveyors of pop.
The famous faces include the iconic artist Robyn, folk duo Klara and Johana Söderberg from First Aid Kit, soul singer Seinabo Sey, DJ and producer Avicii and Max Martin, the brain behind at least one of your late-night karaoke faves. And no ABBA, phew.
Swedish artist Jenny Mörtsell is responsible for the beautiful illustrations pictured below, which were created from original photos by Alex Wessley, Andreas Larsson, Kirstoffer Berg, Johannes Helje and Mikael Dahl.
So how does our good ole national postal service compare? Australia's Stamp Advisory Committee (yes, it's an actual thing) have been celebrating living legends on stamps since 1997 and last year, the Australian Legend series celebrated home-grown musos like Paul Kelly, INXS, The Seekers, Kylie Minogue and others. Not too bad. Maybe with a bit more creativity and by branching out to artists who are, er, born in more recent decades perhaps, we could reach Swedish stamp levels, one day. Just sayin', Australia Post.
The pop musician stamps will be available to lick and stick on postal goods in Sweden on January 15. Just enough time to find a Swedish pen pal.
Via Pitchfork.