Postmarked very faintly but dated 18 October 2009 and I received it two days later. The postal service from Finland is always excellent.
The person who sent this very pretty card to me said that it's one issued by Finnish Post to promote the sending of postcards. The slogan is something of a mystery to me - the first part is translated by Google as "Nice stuff, the card", but it fails to find any translation for the rest "så skojigt". So if there are any passing Finnish readers, or anyone who could tell me what it means, I'd be delighted!
It seems such a good idea for Finnish Post to promote cards in this way, and it makes me wonder if it has some bearing on the popularity of Postcrossing in Finland.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love the pretty blue of the sky. The kite looks like it's really flying away. I am at Postcrossing too. Have a great day!
Sherrie
http://splummer-aviewofmylife.blogspot.com/2009/10/postcard-friendship-fridays_23.html
What a beautiful postcard! I am partial to the skies and clouds--kites are also one of my favorite things.
ReplyDeleteI wish I spoke Finnish. In any case, it's a wonderful card. Love that postcrossing.
ReplyDeleteI love the card! The kite and the little girl ... wonderful! And promoting postcard sending -- perfect!
ReplyDeleteI'll post it on the Facebook Postcrossing Finnish group! I'm sure that someone will answer:) I was flying a kite on the beach just last weekend. Now I want THAT kite!
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ReplyDelete"Ett kort - Så skojigt" is actually Swedish language, and it's Finland's another official language. Here in Finland we write everything first in Finnish, then in Swedish. So it means almost the same as "Kivat jutut korttiin". Proper translation to that would be: "Nice stuff on the card/to the card"
ReplyDeleteOh Jenni, I was hoping you'd come by! Thank you so much. I hadn't thought it would be another language although I think I remember hearing that Swedish is the second official language.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting! This PFF is a wonderful thing!
ReplyDeleteit amazes me how enthusiastic the finnish people are towards postcrossing! they have about a million stamp designs, and then there's moomin, too. i have a bunch of postcrossing postcards from finland!
ReplyDeletethat is so cute and cheery, Sheila. And I know a little bit more about Finland now than I did when I arrived! Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteI love postcards that have postcards as the subject.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by. That card is very pretty. I adore old cards, etc. and I am so glad that this group "found" me Thank you Marie)!
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Barb
Fins must be doing a great job of promoting their postal service. (is that how you abbreviate Finnish people?)
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