Nordisk Konst
This series of leap year cards is signed by the artist Astrid and looks to date
from the 1920s. They are lovely drawings with intense colors. Nordisk Konst
was based in Stockholm. The series is number 9310 and may contain ten cards,
based on the card numbering on the back.
On Leap-Day a girl has the right
to behave in just this way.

 Better to flee than to fence ineptly
When a girl wants to marry you.
The tricks are various and ways are many
that a girl on Leap-Day will catch you.



On Leap-Day no quarter is given
to the poor unmarried male.


 
 
 

Leap-day-hunting in many varieties
Is used when one wants to catch a man.
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Skottdagen 24 Febr. 1904

This stunning card is by an unknown Swedish publisher.
While I've seen Leap Year cards from Scotland, England,
New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, Leap Year
was apparently popular in Sweden as well. Clearly though,
the significance of Leap Year was known around the world.

While this Swedish card is definitely a Leap Year card, you
may notice the date of 24 February 1904, not February 29th.
The precise dating of Leap Year Day has a lot more to do
with science and lunar phases than with romance, alas. It
wasn't until the year 2000 that countries in the European
Union standardized their Leap Year Day to February 29th.

The word Skottdagen means "Leap Day" or "intercalary day."

If you have other images of Astrid Leap Year cards, please contact me.
 

 

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