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Christin Kristoffersen (born August 28, 1973) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the mayor of Longyearbyen from 2011 to 2015. Kristoffersen moved to Longyearbyen from Tromsø in January 2009, along with her family of husband and two children, to work at the University Centre in Svalbard.
The town hall Leif Terje Aunevik, Mayor of Longyearbyen (2024) Longyearbyen Community Council (Norwegian: Longyearbyen lokalstyre) is the local government for Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. It has many of the same responsibilities of a municipality. [1]
Oct 11, 2023 · Elections in Longyearbyen bring change and resentment. by Dr. Michael Wenger | Oct 11, 2023 | Archive, Arctic, Arctic, Politics. The miner in the center of Longyearbyen, symbol of the past, looks at the House of Culture, where the cards for the future of Longyearbyen were reshuffled on Monday. Image: Mirjana Binggeli.
May 25, 2023 · The “green shift” isn’t enough, says mayor of Longyearbyen, which is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. Randall Hyman. May 25, 2023. Nestled on an Arctic island halfway between Norway and the North Pole, Longyearbyen is not only the most northerly town in the world, but the fastest warming one as well.
The town's mayor is Arild Olsen. Quick Facts Sovereign state, Territory ... Close. 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.
Mar 30, 2016 · Arild Olsen is the new mayor of Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost permanent settlement located on the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole.
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Apr 1, 2016 · Arild Olsen is the new mayor of Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost permanent settlement located on the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole.
