Stamp programme 2012

• 21 February 2012 - Norwegian art V

  When he was 15 years old, Håkon Stenstadvold (1912–1977) did book illustrations for the history of Norway. Later he painted imaginative water colours and embarked on his successful career as a book illustrator.

  

• 21 February 2012 - Personalised stamp

  Say it with flowers

  

• 21 February 2012 - King Harald V and Queen Sonja 75 years

  They were both born on a Sunday in 1937, he as a prince and she as a commoner from the west of Oslo. Today they are the focal point of a large royal family. They were Crown Prince and Princess for 23 years and have been King and Queen of Norway for 21 years. King Harald and Queen Sonja celebrate their 75th birthdays this year.

  

• 21 March 2012 - Life on the sea (Nordic issue)

  Sea rescue The theme for this year’s Nordic joint issue is life at sea and Norway has chosen sea rescue as the subject for its stamp.

  

• April 13th 2012 - Personal anniversaries

  Two major Norwegian personalities, both born in 1912, are depicted on the stamps in the personal anniversary series.

  

• April 13th 2012 - Tourist stamps

  Walking on historic ground

  

• May 18th 2012 - Norwegian Aviation Centenary

  It was actually a Swede, Baron Carl Cederström, who was the first to fly in Norway. After several unsuccessful Norwegian attempts, he made the first exhibition flight in 1910, over Etterstadsletta in Kristiania. However, it was another Swede, naval lieutenant Olle Dahlbeck who gave a kick start to Norwegian aviation history.

  

• June 15th 2012 - Norwegian Lighthouses III

  This year’s stamps in Norway Post’s lighthouse series are devoted to Kavringen and Medfjordbåen in the Oslo Fjord. Both are unmanned lighthouses.

  

• June 15th 2012 - Hadeland Glassverk 250 years

  The craft of glass-making is based on age-old traditions. Glass as a material was known in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Persia as far back as 3 – 4,000 years ago. Then about 2,000 years ago the glassblowing pipe was invented. This blowpipe is still one of the most important tools in every glassworks.

  

• September 14th 2012 - Norwegian popular music IV - Male artists

  Male Artists

  

• September 14th 2012 - Norwegian Nurses Organisation 100 years

  On 24 September 1912 a group of nurses met in a flat in Stensberggaten in Kristiania. Their intention was to found Norsk Sykepleierskeforbund, the Norwegian Nurses Organisation.

  

• September 14th 2012 - Personal anniversaries

  There is one literary work that all Norwegians are familiar with, a work that has influenced our view of what is Norwegian and given us a language we can call our own.

  

• November 12th 2012 - Posthorn

  Norway’s posthorn stamps, the oldest uninterrupted stamp series in the world, are now well into their third century. Since 1872, they have been printed in more than a billion copies, with skilling, øre and krone denominations.

  

• November 12th 2012 - Directorate for Cultural Heritage 100 years

  When national romanticism reached Norway from Europe in the middle of the 19th century, many cultural values of the past were rejuvenated.

  

• November 12th 2012- Christmas stamps

  The charming story about Carpenter Andersen’s meeting with Santa Claus is one of a large number of Prøysen classics