Talk:Svalbard
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Lots of standard-format stuff was copied in from the CIA World Factbook; I used some of it as the basis for the current article. I'm inclined to pick up a few more bits, then delete the subpages; they lack sufficient content to be worth moving to better names. Vicki Rosenzweig, Tuesday, June 18, 2002
I've folded in what's worth saving, but get a 404 error when I try deleting any of the subpages. Help? Vicki Rosenzweig, Saturday, June 22, 2002
The subpages have already been integrated; I get a 404 error every time I try to delete them.
I am not sure if Svalbard should have basically a "Norway" country entry. Svalbard is not a part of Norway, but due to the Svalbard Treaty, it has the authority on the islands. There is a public discussion about this issue going on right now (April 2004) in Longyearbyen, initiated by a TV series that repeatetly statet "Svalbard is not Norway". There also at least one juridical example for the non-equilvality was given: An Australian who has been living on Svalbard for several years the Norwegian citizenship is denied, whereas he would have been Norwegian citizen if he had been staying in Norway for the same period.
Epix, April 21, 2004
I am a Norwegian myself and would like to inform you that Svalbard and Jan Mayen Is. are integrated parts of the Kingdom of Norway and certainly no dependencies. It is correct that Svalbard is not a part of the Schengen area and anybody can come to the islands without a visa or any immigration formalities. Not even a permission of stay is required. Earlier only Norwegians, Soviet citizen and a few Poles came to Svalbard. Now people are coming from all over the World, and the situation has changed very much. Therefore this Australian citizen's case is very special and the Norwegian authorities are afraid a lot of people will enter Svalbard in order to get a Norwegian citizenship. Svalbard is administrated from Troms county and Jan Mayen from Nordland county. The coat of arms used next to the flag is belonging to the Svalbard sheriff, as it is no Svalbard coat of arms. --Jakro64 20:45, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- The Kingdom of Norway (http://www.norway.org/facts/general/kingdom/norway.htm) seems to disagree:
- 'consists of the western and northern parts of the Scandinavian peninsula as well as the northern territories of Jan Mayen and the Svalbard archipelago'
Archipelago or island query
As far as some maps go, they note the archipelago as being the Spitsbergan archipelago, with the largest island being Svalbard.
Is this incorrect?
A recent BBC news article [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4441417.stm) also seemed to have the two names that way round.
Is the information here and on Spitsbergen correct?
zoney ♣ talk 12:29, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Yes the articles here on wikipedia are correct. Spitsbergen is the name of the largest Island in the Svalbard archipelago.
- Here are a few external links confirming it [2] (http://www.svalbard.com/SvalbardFAQ.html#where_is), [3] (http://www.svalbard.net/index.asp?intOpenID=14&action=category&catid=14) and [4] (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sv.html). Shanes 12:48, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Map
It's so far north -- shouldn't the map be polar? Tlogmer 22:44, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)