Astrid Andreasen

Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen (born 1948 in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese textile and graphical artist, marine researcher and postage stamp designer. As a scientific illustrator, she specialises in marine animals.

Early in her career she produced illustrations for collections of her father's poetry. Then in 1968 she entered a vocational school in Kerteminde in Denmark to become a teacher of embroidery. In 1970 she took a job as a therapist in Tórshavn hospital where she worked with mentally handicapped people, teaching them embroidery and other art forms.

From 1982 she learned scientific illustration at the Academy of Arts in Århus, and became illustrator specialising in marine animals at the Jerlesborg School in Tjarnö, Sweden in 1990. She is currently the only artist at the Faroese Natural History Museum, and has gained international recognition through illustrations she has produced for Postverk Føroya to use on many series of postage stamps.

Stamps

Fish

FR 248 of 1994: Kombikk - Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
FR 249: Rútar kongur - False boarfish (Neocyttus helgae).
FR 250: Áarsíl - Brown trout (Salmo trutta fario).
FR 251: Búrfiskur - Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus).

Leafhoppers

Date of issue: 6 February 1995.

Raven

Date of issue: 12 June 1995.

FR 275: North Atlantic raven (Corvus corax varius).
FR 276: Pied Raven (Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus).

Invasion birds

FR 290: Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus).
FR 291: Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra).

Mushrooms of the Faroes

FR 303: Leyk-vakshattur (Hygrocybe helobia).
FR 304: Gulur vakshattur (Hygrocybe chlorophana).
FR 305: Moyggjar-vakshattur (Hygrocybe virginiae).
FR 306: Papageyka-vakshattur Hygrocybe psittacina.

Invasion Birds '97

Date of issue: 17 February 1997.

FR 307: Reyðkollur - Redpoll (Carduelis flammea).
FR 308: Prýðisígda - Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).

Sedentary Birds I

FR 324: Blackbird (Turdus merula).
FR 325: Starling (Sturnus vulgaris faeroensis).

Sedentary Birds II

FR 344: House sparrow (Passer domesticus).
FR 345: Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes).

Molluscs

Date of issue: 11 February 2002

FO 409: Lítli høgguslokkur (Sepiola atlantica) Ten armed squid
FO 410: Øða (Modiolus modiolus) Horse mussel
FO 411: Bertákna (Polycera faeroensis) Sea slug. A species, which got its name from the Faroes.
FO 412: Agngágga (Buccinum undatum) Common Northern Welk

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Molluscs

Art on Posters

Date of issue: 14 April 2003

FO 440: Fish tree.

Storm Petrel

FO 522: Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leuchorhoa).
FO 523: Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus).
FO 524: Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorrhoa).
FO 525: Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus).

Deepwater Fishes

FO 539-548: Deepwater fishes.
FO 539: Grønlandstussi - Atlantic footballfish (Himantolophus groenlandicus).
FO 540: Seilur - Elongated bristlemouth (Gonostoma elongatum).
FO 541: Trantakongafiskur - Deepwater Redfish (Sebastes mentella).
FO 542: Bláaskøta - Blu-ray (Neoraja caerulea).
FO 543: Tranthavmús - Straightnose Rabbitfish (Rhinochimaera atlantica).
FO 544: Lusifer (Linophryne lucifera).
FO 545: Tussafiskur - Deep-Sea Angler (Ceratias holboelli).
FO 546: Laksastyrja - Moonfish (Lampris guttatus).
FO 547: Silvurøks - Hatchet Fish (Argyropelecus olfersi).
FO 548: Havtaska - Anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius).

Sources of information

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