The Politics of Presence : The Longyearbyen Dilemma
The significant presence of Norwegian citizens in Svalbard has subdued the misperception that Norway’s northernmost territory has an international or internationalized legal status. Now this Norwegian presence in the archipelago is about to change. Amid tumbling coal prices, the state- owned mining...
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ftnorduniv:oai:nordopen.nord.no:11250/2459882 2023-05-15T14:21:56+02:00 The Politics of Presence : The Longyearbyen Dilemma Pedersen, Torbjørn 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2459882 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.682 eng eng Cappelen Damm Akademisk Pedersen, T. (2017). The politics of presence: the longyearbyen dilemma. Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 8, 95-108. doi: urn:issn:2387-4562 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2459882 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.682 cristin:1487370 Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no © 2017, The Author(s) CC-BY-NC 95-108 8 Arctic Review on Law and Politics VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 Journal article Peer reviewed 2017 ftnorduniv https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.682 2021-07-13T18:12:06Z The significant presence of Norwegian citizens in Svalbard has subdued the misperception that Norway’s northernmost territory has an international or internationalized legal status. Now this Norwegian presence in the archipelago is about to change. Amid tumbling coal prices, the state- owned mining company Store Norske has shrunk to a minimum, and no current or proposed business in Longyearbyen has the potential to compensate for the loss of Norwegian workers, in part due to their international character and recruitment policies. This study argues that the likely further dilution of Norwegians in Longyearbyen may ultimately fuel misperceptions about the legal status of Svalbard and pose new foreign and security policy challenges to Norway. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Longyearbyen Svalbard Open archive Nord universitet Longyearbyen Norway Svalbard Arctic Review on Law and Politics 8 0 |
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The significant presence of Norwegian citizens in Svalbard has subdued the misperception that Norway’s northernmost territory has an international or internationalized legal status. Now this Norwegian presence in the archipelago is about to change. Amid tumbling coal prices, the state- owned mining company Store Norske has shrunk to a minimum, and no current or proposed business in Longyearbyen has the potential to compensate for the loss of Norwegian workers, in part due to their international character and recruitment policies. This study argues that the likely further dilution of Norwegians in Longyearbyen may ultimately fuel misperceptions about the legal status of Svalbard and pose new foreign and security policy challenges to Norway. publishedVersion |
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