What is Svalbard?
{{Infobox country |conventional_long_name = Svalbard |common_name = Svalbard |image_flag = Flag of Norway.svg |image_map = Europe-Svalbard.svg |image_coat = Logo of the Governor of Svalbard.svg |ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list | 72% [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] | {{nowrap|16% [[Russians|Russian]] | 12% others }}}} |official_languages = [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] |capital = [[Longyearbyen]] |largest_city = capital |government_type = Region of [[Norway]] |leader_title1 = [[Governor of Svalbard|Governor]] |leader_name1 = {{nowrap|[[Odd Olsen Ingerø]] {{small|(2009–)}}}} |area_km2 = 61,022 |area_sq_mi = 23,561 |population_estimate = 2,530<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/befsvalbard/halvaar |title=Population of Svalbard |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=Statistics Norway |df=dmy-all |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200807204614/https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/befsvalbard/halvaar |url-status=live }} Table 2: Population in the settlements. Svalbard</ref> |population_estimate_year = 2023 |currency = [[Norwegian krone]] |currency_code = NOK |time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |cctld = [[.no]]&nbsp;<sup>a</sup> |calling_code = [[+47]] |footnote_a = [[.sj]] allocated but not used.<big><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/bv-sj.html |title=The .bv and .sj top level domains |publisher=[[Norid]] |accessdate=24 March 2010 |archive-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207215311/http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/bv-sj.html |url-status=dead }}</ref></big> }} '''Svalbard''' is a [[Archipelago|group of island]]s in the [[Arctic Ocean]]. It is the most northern part of [[Norway]]. It is about halfway between mainland Norway and the [[North Pole]]. [[Spitsbergen]] is the largest island, followed by [[Nordaustlandet]] and [[Edgeøya]]. The islands are governed by the [[Governor of Svalbard]