Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postage stamp in her native Sweden, which is part of a series that will focus on the environment, which will be issued on Thursday
STOCKHOLM – Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postage stamp that will be issued on Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focused on the environment.
The motifs on the stamps “should reflect our time, in which the environmental issue has been relevant and present for many years, not least through the strong voice of Greta Thunberg,” the Swedish postal company Postnord said in a statement.
One with Thunberg in his yellow raincoat, with her ribbon blowing in the wind and standing on a hill, is part of a series of five “Valuable Nature” stamps. It costs 12 crowns ($ 1.40) each, is available starting January 14 and is illustrated by Swedish artist Henning Trollback.
Thunberg, who just turned 18, came to the fore for the weekly solo protests in front of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm that he started on August 20, 2018.
Students around the world soon began to follow suit, regularly holding large protests, and were invited to speak with political and business leaders.
The outbreak of coronavirus has hampered the Fridays for Future movement that Thunberg has inspired to hold mass rallies in recent months, reducing its public profile.
Her clear words to presidents and prime ministers, sprinkled with scientific facts about the need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, have earned her praise and awards, as well as criticism and even death threats.
Appearing on a stamp “means that a person is doing something extraordinary,” said Kristina Olofsdotter, general manager of stamps at the postal company.
Thunberg urges lawmakers to abide by the 2015 Paris climate law, which calls on both rich and poor countries to take steps to reduce rising global temperatures that melt glaciers, raise sea levels and change rainfall patterns. It requires governments to present national emission reduction plans to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
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