Norway | Denmark |
NARRATIVE . References : Online Secondary Sources . Online Primary Sources . Bibliographic and Print Sources see also History of Norway |
History Seen and named Spitsbergen by W. Barents in 1596. Mining began in 1906 at Longyearbyen; most of the miners were Russians. In 1925, Norway claimed sovereignty and renamed the island group Svalbard. |
Country Profiles | modern |
Article : Svalbard, from Wikipedia |
historical |
Links | General |
Caregory : Svalbard, from Wikipedia |
on History |
Category : History of Svalbard, from Wikipedia |
Organizations |
Historical Dictionaries |
Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon 2nd edition 1915-1930 |
Timelines |
Accounts of History | General, Modern |
Article : History of Svalbard, from Wikipedia Article : Svalbards Historie, from Wikipedia Norwegian (Bokmal) edition Historical Background, from Governor of Svalbard History of Spitsbergen, from spitzbergen.de |
General, Historical |
Specific Periods |
Historiography |
Politics |
Politics |
Article : Politics of Svalbard, from Wikipedia |
Military |
Economy & Finances |
Article : Svalbard : Economy, from Wikipedia |
Social History |
Ethnography |
Religion |
Local History |
Barentsburg, Russian Settlement on Svalbard |
Institutions |
Rob Dickinson,
The Railways of Spitsbergen, from The International Steam Page |
Culture |
Biographies |
Environmental History |
Others |
Arne J. Bay, Early Postal History of Spidsbergen (Svalbard), from SCC Online |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : Svalbard, by Ben Cahoon |
Statistical Data | Population Figures |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Online Yearbooks |
International, Svalbard Entries |
Newsreels |
British Pathe Wochenschau-Archiv (in German) Archief Beeld en Geluid : Polygoon (in Dutch) |
Image Databanks |
Archival Deposits |
Laws |
Historiography |
Document Collections |
Individual Documents |
Historical Maps |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Article : Spitsbergen, from EB 1911, posted by Classic Encyclopedia Article : Spitzbergen, from Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition 1885-1892, in German, posted by Retro Bibliothek Entry : Spitzbergen, pp.1-15 in : T.G. Smoillett, The Present State of the World, vol.1 1768, posted on Google Books |
Travelogues |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Institutions | Archives |
Musea |
Spitsbergen Airship Museum Svalbard Museum |
Monuments |
Libraries |
State Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, from FOTW |
Coins, Banknotes |
Stamps |
Others |
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRINT SOURCES Bibliographies . Online Libraries . Thesis Servers . Online Journals . General Accounts . Specific Topics . Historical Dictionaries . Statistical Data . Yearbooks |
Bibliographies |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus |
on S. |
Project Runeberg |
Thesis Server |
Registry of Open Access Repositories, Norway Open Access Theses and Dissertations |
Online Journals |
Directory of Open Access Journals Spitsbergen Airship Museum Newsletters 2007- |
General Accounts |
Specific Topics |
Historical Dictionary |