Impress your friends and family with these incredible facts about the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

There was also a proposal with the left-half of the flag red, and the right-half white, and 10 maple leaves across the whole flag. [ citation needed]Population in the settlements. Svalbard". Statistics Norway. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011 . Retrieved 4 March 2012. Om oss" (in Norwegian). Svalbard Auto. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 . Retrieved 13 March 2012. Ingen flytter til Svalbard for å bli gode fotballspillere". Gjengangeren (in Norwegian Bokmål). 10 March 2020 . Retrieved 12 September 2023. Svalbard and Jan Mayen ( Norwegian: Svalbard og Jan Mayen, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SJ, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SJM, ISO 3166-1 numeric: 744) is a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1 for a collective grouping of two remote jurisdictions of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen. While the two are combined for the purposes of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) category, they are not administratively related. This has further resulted in the country code top-level domain .sj being issued for Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and ISO 3166-2:SJ. The United Nations Statistics Division also uses this code, but has named it the Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands. Nord-Troms tingrett". Norwegian National Courts Administration. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011 . Retrieved 24 March 2010.

a b "Territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen". Statoids. 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 January 2004 . Retrieved 4 March 2012. It is prohibited to use a weapon within the settlements though. Several of the shops, restaurants and other public buildings have ‘no firearms permitted' signs on the main doors.The town's sole known organised sports club is Svalbard Turn. [4] :139 Svalbardhallen is an indoor sport centre that includes a multi-sport hall large enough for handball or three badminton courts, a shooting range, a climbing wall and a 25-meter (82ft) swimming pool. [4] :155 Wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; the west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along the west and north coasts Utlendinger blir fratatt stemmeretten på Svalbard" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Utrop. 20 June 2022 . Retrieved 28 July 2023. Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Isfjord Radio, Svalbard, Norway Sunlight, Cloud & Day length". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016 . Retrieved 30 May 2015.

Longyearbyen is the centre of tourism on the archipelago, although most tourism is generated based on natural experiences rather than visiting the town itself. However, Longyearbyen does provide supplies (including Svalbardbutikken, the area's only grocery store), accommodation and several museums. In 2008, Longyearbyen experienced 89,000 guest-nights, up from 30,000 in 1995. The average guest stayed 2.2 nights and 60 per cent of the capacity was used by tourists. About 40,000 tourists flew into Longyearbyen. Two-thirds of the tourists come from Norway. In 2007, the tourism industry had a revenue of NOK291 million and produced 200-man-years. [78] The Svalbard society received NOK 380 million in public funding in 2008, which increased to 650 million in 2015. [67] Education [ edit ] Longyearbyen School Until 1987, a series of aerial tramways were used to haul coal from the mines to the port University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) Gruvedrift: Svalbardsamfunnets hjerte" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. October 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2014 . Retrieved 7 March 2012. Svalbard is governed by the Svalbard Treaty, an international agreement that grants certain rights and freedoms to the residents and ensures the protection of the unique Arctic environment. The absence of a distinct flag for Svalbard within the treaty reinforces the archipelago's status as an integral part of Norway. Longyearbyen experiences a very high turnover; in 2008, 427 people (23%) moved away from the town. [29] The average person lived in Longyearbyen for 6.3 years, although it is 6.6 years for Norwegians and 4.3 years for foreigners. In 2009, about a quarter of the population had lived in the town since before 2000, and can thus be regarded as its permanent population. The longest-residing people tend to work in the mining industry, followed by local government employees. The shortest tenures are held by students and employees in higher education, tourism and the state. [28] The turnover has created what the Norwegian government calls a "revolving door society". Most young newcomers leave within seven years, a turnover rate far greater than in any municipality on the mainland. [19] a b "Learning in the freezer". The Guardian. 29 August 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017 . Retrieved 29 October 2017.DAB innstallert på øya". Svalbardposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2 September 2016 . Retrieved 12 September 2023. While a separate ISO code for Svalbard was proposed by the United Nations, it was the Norwegian authorities who took initiative to include Jan Mayen in the code. Its official language is Norwegian.