Swedish artist, musician, painter, speech and singing therapist and choirmaster Caroline af Ugglas finds relaxation at her summer cottage in Aland. She gives her personal view of Aland as artist for the My Aland stamp.

The My Aland stamp theme is a recurring theme offering celebrities with a connection to Aland an opportunity to illustrate their opinion of the Aland province and personal view of Aland. Lill Lindfors, Mauno Koivisto, Mark Levengood, Björn Borg, Martti Ahtisaari, Ake Lindman and Marcus Grönholm are all previous artists for this series of stamps. In 2012, Caroline af Ugglas is in turn.

The stamp features a perch.

“To me, perch is the quintessence of Aland. I hardly eat anything else when I’m in Aland. Or, well, I sometimes eat pike, too. I even painted the stamp motif in Aland.”

A stamp watch with Caroline af Ugglas’ stamp illustration will also be issued by Aland Post.

Technical Details

Issue Date: 04.06.2012

Designer: Caroline af Ugglas

Printer: 4-color offset

Values: 0.95

Source: WOPA

published July 14th, 2012