Svalbardposten
Sign in to saveSvalbardposten, founded in 1948, is a Norwegian online newspaper with one monthly paper edition. It operates from Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, and is published the first Friday in the month. It is the northernmost regularly published newspaper in the world. In 2014, it had a circulation of 2,636 copies every week. According to its estimates, it has more subscribers than there are people on Svalbard. Svalbardposten has five employees.
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Svalbardposten
- Newspaper.image
- 300px|Longyearbyen, Svalbard
- Newspaper.type
- Monthly newspaper
- Newspaper.format
- A4
- Newspaper.owner
- Svalbardposten Foundation
- Newspaper.language
- Norwegian
- Newspaper.headquarters
- Longyearbyen
- Newspaper.editor
- Line Nagell Ylvisåker
- Newspaper.circulation
- 2,636 (2014)
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Svalbardposten, founded in 1948, is a Norwegian online newspaper with one monthly paper edition. It operates from Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, and is published the first Friday in the month. It is the northernmost regularly published newspaper in the world. In 2014, it had a circulation of 2,636 copies every week. According to its estimates, it has more subscribers than there are people on Svalbard. Svalbardposten has five employees.
== The newspaper today == The newspaper was printed by a printing press in Svalbard until 1996, which explains the paper's A4 format. Today, the newspaper is printed in Tromsø, Norway. Svalbardposten has been awarded the Local Newspaper of the Year Award three times, most recently in 2010. The award is handed out by the LLA, the organisation of local newspapers in Norway.