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Svalbard Turn is a sports club based in Longyearbyen Longyearbyen (, , "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlements, northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the capital and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard. It stretches along the foot of the left bank ( ..., Norway. History The club was established on 6 September 1930, initially focusing on gymnastics. Today, it offers a range of activities including alpine skiing, badminton, children's sports, football, athletics, handball, climbing, miniature shooting, pistol shooting, chess, skiing, spinning, swimming, gymnastics, and volleyball. The club operates out of Svalbardhallen, which opened in 1996. Svalbard Turn is associated with Troms Sports Circle. The club organizes the Spitsbergen Marathon. References 1930 establishments in Norway Association football clubs established in 1930 Football clubs in Norway {{Norway-sport-stub ...
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Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen (, , "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlements, northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the capital and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard. It stretches along the foot of the left bank (geography), bank of the Longyear Valley and on the shore of Adventfjorden, the short estuary leading into Isfjorden (Svalbard), Isfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the island's broadest inlet. As of 2002, Longyearbyen Community Council became an official municipalities of Norway, Norwegian municipality. It is the seat of the Governor of Svalbard. As of 2024, the town's mayor is Leif Terje Aunevik. Known as Longyear City until 1926, the town was established by and named after American John Munro Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal-mining there in 1906. Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK) took over the mining operations in 1916, and still conducts mining. The German ''Kriegsmarine'' almost completely Operation Zit ...
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1930 Establishments In Norway
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Association Football Clubs Established In 1930
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