Category
page 1Mining communities in Norway

Pyramiden
thumb|White writing above the abandoned coal mine. It says "Peace to the world!" in Russian (). The phrase was commonly used in Soviet state-owned projects.
thumb|Company sign
thumb|Abandoned buildings
thumb|Gym inside the Pyramiden miners' housing complex
Ny-London
thumb|right|Camp Mansfield, Ny-London.
Ny-London () is an abandoned mining settlement on Blomstrandøya, Svalbard, established by the prospector Ernest Mansfield on behalf of the Northern Exploration Company (NEC) in 1911. Mansfield discovered marble on the island in 1906, after which he described the deposits as being "no less than an island of pure marble."
Litlabø
Litlabø is a village and former mining community in Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Stord at the northern side of the lake of Storavatnet, just northeast of the village of Sagvåg and about northwest of the town of Leirvik. The village had about 450 inhabitants as of 2001. Litlabø was the location for the pyrite mines of Stordø Kisgruber, which operated from 1907 to 1968.
Knaben
Knaben is an old mining village in the northern part of Kvinesdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. Currently, the mine is no longer in use, but the area has become a popular ski resort. The village lies at an elevation of above sea level, about north of Liknes and about east of Tonstad in Sirdal municipality. The molybdenum mines were operated here from 1885 to 1973. Constructions and buildings are still mostly standing. The homes where the workers once lived are now hotels.