Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 January 2023

Sweden


   Gothenburg : SWEDEN :

   A surpise card from a good friend from Norway travelling in Sweden  for Christmas. . Thank you so much Marie for thinking of me at this time with your kind christmas and New Year greetings.  This card shows a market place in Sweden but unfortunately I cannot read the text .. a  nice black and white card showing this what seems to be a very busy  Christmas marketplace .. Tak dear  Marie !
 Posted Sweden : 27 November : Arruved Sydney 18 December : Traveled 22 days..

 

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Sweden.



 SWEDEN.:

 A surprise card has arrived with a few other cards !!  most I have received for some time due to virus lockdowns I think !!  This card from Mai Britt in Sweden and shows this farmer enjoying the subshine !  this is the way to go when summers are not so long and hot!! Thank you Mai Britt for this fine card !! mange Tak !
Posted Sweden 20 June : Arrived Sydney 18 July : Traveled 15,937 kilometers in 28 days  

Thursday, 28 January 2021

Sweden



 Stockholm : SWEDEN.
 
A really nice train card from Sweden Ithink my first !! another great card for my train collection..Thank you Rita Tak !..this is a Postcard United card !..  unfortuneately no train information on the card ..  
Posted Stockholm.:09 December : Arrived Sydney 25 January : Traveled 36 days.  Tak !

Thursday, 21 February 2019

Sweden


SWEDEN,:

 A multi view wildlife card arrived this morning from a fellow card swapper from Sweden.. A lovely colourfu card showing Sedish wildlife ..Really love card as I love wildlife cards. This is a PIF card ..Thank you Joenne. for this card.
Posted Sweden : 13 February : Arrived Sydney : 21 February : Traveled 8 days ...fast post !!

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Sweden.


SWEDEN,;

This is another surprise card from my mate Keith in Melbourne..I think it is Swedish and is a coloured poster of a popular film " The Ladykillers" Thank you Keith for this card.. I don't know of this movie..but looks to be a comedy...thanks mate.
Posted Melbourne.: 15 November : Arrived Sydney 22 November : Traveled 7 days.. Thanks mate.

Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Sweden


Stockholm : SWEDEN.:

An Icon card arrived today and thank you Gartrude for this swap of The Swedish Icons..I like these cards showing all the various icons of the particular countries...and if you have visited these places lots of things come to mind when you see these cards.
Posted 28 July : Arrived Sydney 15 August : Traveled 17 days. Tak  Gartrude..

Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Sweden


Norrkoping : SWEDEN.:

What a lovely card. from a fellow Postcrosser.. Thank you Catarina for this card as I love the big cats and this card is a great pic of this tiger .Also thank you for sending a card that is a favourite.
Posted Norrkopping..25 July : Arrived Sydney 03 August .Traveled 15,527 kms in 9 days..love it..!!

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Sweden

SWEDEN

Stockholm: SWEDEN:

Another "Greetings From" card for the collection this one is from Sweden., thank you to Tina for this.. I like to collect these "greetings from"cards they are interesting with the facts and figures of the various countries..

SWEDEN  : AREA: of Sweden is 449,964 KM2. and has a POPULATION of 9,658,301 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY is Stockholm.:
TRADITIONAL:  Swedish houses are painted in red paint that is made in Falun.
VIKINGS : in the 9th and 10th Centuries Swedish Vikings invaded an settled in parts of Eastern Europe as far east as Constantinople. ( Turkey ).
ANIMALS.: There are more than 300,00 Moose in Sweden.
FAMOUS SWEDES : include , Greta Garbo , Alfred Nobel , Steig Larsson , Astrid Lindgren .
SPECIAL DAY :Each year on October the 4th The Swedes celebrate " Kanelbullens Dag" Cinnamon Bun Day.
SYMBOL:The Dalahorse is a painted and decorated wooden horse and is a Swedish symbol.
MOUNTAIN: Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden and rises to 2106 Meters.
POST CROSSERS..There are over 1,000 Post crossing members in Sweden.

Saturday, 1 November 2014

Sweden.

SWEDEN.:

"Greetings from" Sweden  ..another in this nice series of cards .. The card shows the statistics of Sweden, a country with a population of 9, 658,301 , who live in an area of 449,964 KLM 2.  Kebnekaise is the Highest mountain in the country at 2,106 meters. "Dala Horse" is a painted and decorated wooden horse that is a symbol of Sweden and there are also 300,000 moose in Sweden. The traditional Swedish houses are painted in red color a paint made in Falu.
    Thank you so much Doris for this card.

Friday, 3 October 2014

Sweden



Stockholm : SWEDEN :

This is an old card that I sent home from Sweden while doing a long road-trip to The Nord Cape and through Scandanavia.. I have fond memories of Sweden and our journey there and the many wonderful people we met..

Friday, 15 August 2014

Sweden


Goteborg : Sweden .

A peaceful scene of this lighthouse in Sweden...no information of location..Thank you for this card Meritt. Posted 23 June 2012

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Sweden



Malmo : Sweden.

Thank you for this card of the light house in Ursholms  Fyr  Gwert..sorry that there is no information on this card..Tak   Posted Malmo 21 September  2012

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