The War in Svalbard, 1939–45

Upon the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 there were three coal mines in full production in Svalbard: the Norwegian Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap at Longyearbyen, and two Russian Arktikugol mines, at Barentsburg and Grumantbyen. In addition the Russians had begun to develop Pyram...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Elbo, J. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1952
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Svalbard
Longyearbyen
Barentsburg
Adventfjorden
Pyramiden
Grumantbyen
Sveagruva
Moskushamn
Grumant
Grumantby*
Polar Record
Sysselmann*
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400047276
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400047276
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Summary:Upon the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 there were three coal mines in full production in Svalbard: the Norwegian Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani Aktieselskap at Longyearbyen, and two Russian Arktikugol mines, at Barentsburg and Grumantbyen. In addition the Russians had begun to develop Pyramiden, an old Swedish claim sold to the Russian company Russky-Grumant in 1926 and taken over by Arktikugol when that company was founded in 1931: Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani A/S was investigating and repairing the old Swedish mine at Sveagruva bought from Svenska Stenkols Aktiebolaget in 1934: and another Norwegian company, Norske Kulfelter A/S, was engaged in trial workings at Moskushamn on the east side of Adventfjorden. In all, the population of Svalbard numbered some 2500 miners, and a small number of wireless operators, meteorological observers, and trappers.W. Marlow was Sysselmann.

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