Sveagruva (lit.'Swedish Mine'), or simply Svea, was a mining settlement in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, lying at the head of Van Mijenfjord.
When occupied by the workers, it was the third largest settlement in the archipelago (after Longyearbyen and Barentsburg) but there were no permanent inhabitants. Around 300 workers living in Longyearbyen commuted to Sveagruva for work on a daily or weekly basis.[1] The mine was operated by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani.[2] There is no road to Longyearbyen or any other settlements, so travel is done by air from Svea Airport and coal transport by ship from a port 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest. Sveagruva closed in 2020 and currently has no permanent inhabitants.[3]
As of 2023, Sveagruva has been re-wilded to a pristine state. Almost every structure from its mining past has been removed.[3]
^Neumann, Antje (2020-04-14). Wilderness Protection in Polar Regions: Arctic Lessons Learnt for the Regulation and Management of Tourism in the Antarctic. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-41607-9.
^Sörlin, Sverker (2022-12-22). Resource Extraction and Arctic Communities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-10023-6.
^ ab"Norway Rewilds Arctic Coal Mining Town in Largest Operation of its Kind, Gives New Hunting Ground for Polar Bears". 26 September 2023.
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Andersson. The Sveagruva mine closed in 2017. The Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani has a shipping port at Cape Amsterdam, 15 km from Sveagruva. In 2021,...
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flyplass; ICAO: ENSA) was a private airport located in and serving the Sveagruva (also known as Svea) in Svalbard, Norway. The airport was owned and operated...
historical core of Sweden, around Stockholm Svea Research Station, Antarctica Sveagruva, also called Svea, a mining settlement in Svalbard, Norway Svea Airport...
(Danish Realm) 78°04' N 0 no no Former research station, 1952 to 1954 Sveagruva, Svalbard Norway 77°55' N 0 yes no Former mining town Siorapaluk Greenland...
communities of Longyearbyen, Barentsburg, Ny-Ålesund and the now-closed Sveagruva. All settlements have ports and Longyearbyen has a bus system. There are...
of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, operates Svea Nord in Sveagruva and Mine 7 in Longyearbyen. The former produced 3.4 million tonnes in...
named after businessperson Carl Fredrik Liljevalch. The mining settlement Sveagruva is located at the plain between Braganzavågen and Liljevalchfjellet. "Liljevalchfjellet...
from Bellsund further out by Akseløya and Mariaholmen. The settlement of Sveagruva lies on the fjord's north bank. The fjord is named after the Dutch whaler...
develop major coal-mining operations in the Advent Valley region and at Sveagruva, originally a Swedish coal-mining operation. His passport application...
activity on Svalbard. Swedish interests established mines at Pyramiden and Sveagruva, while Dutch investors established Barentsburg in 1920. During the First...
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Norwegian-speaking settlements include Longyearbyen, the capital, Ny-Ålesund and Sveagruva. Polish Polar Station is located at Hornsund. Mainly Russian-speaking...
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