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Capital: Longyearbyen (Svalbard's administrative center; Jan Mayen has no settlement)Population: ~2,500 on Svalbard; Jan Mayen is uninhabited (small rotating station staff only)Founded: 9 Feb 1920 (Svalbard Treaty, in force 1925); Jan Mayen incorporated into Norway 27 Feb 1930Region: EuropeLanguages: noCurrency: Norwegian krone (NOK)

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Notable people from Svalbard & Jan Mayen

He was the first person to reach the South Pole and the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.

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Willem Barentsz

Willem Barentszoon

Explorer and Navigator

He led the 1596 Dutch expedition that discovered and named Spitsbergen (Svalbard), opening the archipelago to European exploration.

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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Geologist and Arctic Explorer

He led the first scientific overwintering expedition on Svalbard (1872–73) and later commanded the Vega, the first ship to complete the Northeast Passage.

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John Munro Longyear

Businessman and Mining Founder

He founded the coal-mining settlement in 1906 that became Longyearbyen, the capital and largest town of Svalbard, which still bears his name.

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Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout

Whaling Ship Captain

The remote volcanic island of Jan Mayen, now half of the "Svalbard and Jan Mayen" territory, was named after him following his 1614 voyage there.

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Traditional Svalbard & Jan Mayen Customs

Folk & Settler Tradition

Represents the shared, modern, multinational settler-community customs and safety sayings of Svalbard & Jan Mayen, honestly presented in place of a nonexistent ancient folk-proverb tradition.

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