Wednesday 12 August the sun and the moon perform one of nature’s most mythical theatrical performances: a total solar eclipse, which moves in a narrow band from Siberia over the North Pole, Northeast Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal to Mallorca. In Greenland, the solar eclipse begins in Pearyland towards the Arctic Ocean and ends on the Blosseville coast between Ittoqqortoormiit and Tasiilaq.
On the day itself, the national postal service Tusass marks the fascinating celestial spectacle with a stamp, which is one of the year’s 24 publications. The task is in the hands of Malene Guldager Olsen, born 1970 in Nuuk, who will make her stamp debut.
Wednesday 12 August the sun and the moon perform one of nature’s most mythical theatrical performances: a total solar eclipse, which moves in a narrow band from Siberia over the North Pole, Northeast Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal to Mallorca. In Greenland, the solar eclipse begins in Pearyland towards the Arctic Ocean and ends on the Blosseville coast between Ittoqqortoormiit and Tasiilaq.
On the day itself, the national postal service Tusass marks the fascinating celestial spectacle with a stamp, which is one of the year’s 24 publications. The task is in the hands of Malene Guldager Olsen, born 1970 in Nuuk, who will make her stamp debut.
Malene Guldager Olsen is a trained typographer at the defunct Syd Grønlands Bogtrykkeri, and she worked as a graphic artist at Det Greenlandske Forlag, Sermitsiaq, Brugseni and Tele Greenland.
Malene Guldager Olsen was employed at Sermitsiaq 1996-2000, where in 1997 she laid out a cover with Queen Margrethe, who had to interrupt a tour of Greenland due to a bad knee. The front page showed a b/w photo of the queen entering the helicopter in Nanortalik, and the text was a single huge ‘Baaj’. The layout of the paintings won a Nordic award for best front page.
In 2010-13, she was trained as a visual artist in painting and sculpture at the Århus Art Academy, and she has since worked at Det Greenlandske Hus in Copenhagen, Kofoed Skole in Copenhagen and Århus and the spice company Kryta in Roskilde.
The 50th anniversary of Aasivik in Narsaq
This year’s stamp program includes many established names. Several series continue: Buuti Pedersen with Greenlandic plants. Ina Rosing with ethnographic photographs. Konrad Nuka Godtfredsen with dog sled. Lisbeth Karline Poulsen with everyday heroes.
A new series begins: Christian Fleischer Rex tells the story of the kayak.
Tusass pays tribute to jubilee cities and settlements, but this year it is a tent city. In 1976, the first Aasivik of our time was held in Narsaq; a summer convention which left lasting political and cultural traces. Behind the stamp stands Ivínguak’ Stork Høegh.
Every year, Tusass issues a stamp with an added value in favor of a cultural or social purpose. In 2026, it applies to the venue Armargivat in Tasiilaq, and the stamp was created by yet another debutant Camilla Nymand Petersen.
Miki Jacobsen pays tribute to the Greenland dog sled racing championships. Bolatta Silis-Høegh creates Greenland’s contribution to the annual Europe stamps. Frederik X visits Greenland in week 8, and in August a stamp with Steen Brogaard’s portrait photo of the king will be issued.
This year’s program ends, as usual, with two Christmas stamps, created by Paarma Olsvig Brandt, who debuted as a stamp artist in 2020.
