No Nobel stamps were issued by Sweden Post (Posten) in 2005. This year, Sweden Post issued two stamp designs containing a portrait of Dag Hammarskjöld and the waving United Nations flag. Dag Hammarskjöld was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961. The stamp is in commemoration of the former United Nations Secretary-General, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year.
Dag Hammarskjöld Commemorative Stamp »
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Sweden Post (Posten) issued the first stamp portraying
Alfred Nobel in 1946. After that a few set of stamps have
commemorated institutions and buildings associated with the Nobel
Prize. In 1961, Posten decided to commemorate Nobel Laureates in
a yearly edition of stamps and established the annual Nobel series.
Posten is a limited liability company owned by the Swedish
government and one of Sweden's largest companies. For further
information, please go to the web site of Posten:
http://www.posten.se
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