The archipelago of Svalbard and the island of Jan Mayen are Arctic possessions of Norway.

Svalbard Permanent settlements

Over two thousand people live in Svalbard. Barentsburg, Spitsbergen Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen (administrative centre) Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen Nybyen, Spitsbergen Staffed stations Bjørnøya radio, Bear Island (Bjørnøya) Hopen Radio, Hopen Isfjord Radio, Spitsbergen Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Spitsbergen

Jan Mayen

Jan Mayen has no permanent population. Olonkinbyen (administrative centre) Puppebu (a cabin) Jan Mayensfield (an aerodrome) Frydenlund

Former settlements in Svalbard

Advent City Bölscheøya Colesbukta Engelskbukta Finneset Gravneset Grumant (Soviet town, abandoned in the 1960s) Gåshamna Harlingen kokerij Haudegen Hiorthhamn Isfjord Radio station Kobbefjorden Lægerneset Ny-London Port Louis Pyramiden (Soviet/Russian town, abandoned in 1998) Smeerenburg Sveagruva Ytre Norskøya

See also List of towns and cities in Norway List of research stations in the Arctic

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