The Nobel Stamps of 1994

	Originals: Inga-Karin Eriksson (Karlfeldt) and Svenolov Ehrén. Engraver: Czeslaw Slania FDC: Olöf Baldursdottir. Print: Recess, Sweden Post Stamps.

 

The stamps portray Nobel Laureates in Literature:

ERIK AXEL KARLFELDT
Erik Axel Karlfeldt's name is mainly associated with Fridolin, his alter ego, e.g. in the book of verse "Fridolin's Pleasure garden". Karlfeldt (1864–1931) was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1904 and became its Permanent Secretary in 1912. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931.

EYVIND JOHNSON, HARRY MARTINSON
Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) and Harry Martinson (1904–1978) both had grim childhoods. They have described their experiences in brilliant literary form, e.g. in "Flowering Nettle" and "The Novel about Olof," respectively. They shared the Nobel Prize in Literature 1974.

 

© 1994 SWEDEN POST STAMPS