Svalbardposten

Svalbardposten ( norw The Svalbard - mail) is a Norwegian weekly newspaper in Longyearbyen on the island of Spitsbergen ( Svalbard norw ) appears. It is the northernmost regularly published newspaper in the world.

The first issue appeared in November 1948 She's in the subscription partners around the world (annual Europe: 1150.00 NOK as of February 2013).. According to the company Svalbardposten has more subscribers than its actual catchment area inhabitants. This can be explained by the population structure of Spitsbergen: Most residents stay only a few years there, but also read years later, the newspaper with the predominantly local information on Spitsbergen.

Since 1997, the Svalbardposten operates a website where many articles in the current issue can be read. It also contains links to older issues.

In the editorial of five people are employed.

In May 2011 Svalbardposten ( Årets lokalavis ) was because of his " high journalistic level " for the local newspaper of the year named. The award was presented at a meeting of the Norwegian Association of Local Newspaper ( Landslaget for lokalaviser, LLA) awarded in Oslo. The organization has more than one hundred Norwegian newspapers.