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Svalbard

The links below lead to all statistics on Svalbard. To access the Svalbard numbers directly, please pick the relevant page and follow the link to the Statbank. In the Statbank, choose the tables that contain numbers for municipalities, marked (M). Links to the statistics that give numbers exclusively for Svalbard are found at the bottom of this page.

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  • The economy of the North – ECONOR 2020

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    In "The Economy of the North ECONOR 2020" an international network reports on the Arctic economy, in a work coordinated by Statistics Norway (SSB), CICERO Center for International Climate Research and Laval University in Quebec, Canada.

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  • More guest nights at camping sites

    The timing of Easter increased the number of guest nights at camping sites and holiday dwellings in March this year compared to March 2020. The guest nights are camping sites were higher than even in the “normal year” of 2019. The downward trend w...

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  • The downturn continued for hotels

    The downward trend for accommodation establishments in Norway continued in February. Guest nights at hotels fell by 65 per cent compared to the same month last year.

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  • Almost 60 per cent fewer guest nights in January

    The downward trend for accommodation establishments in Norway continued in January. Guest nights at hotels fell by 64 per cent compared to the same month last year.

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  • 11 million fewer guest nights in 2020

    23.7 million guest nights were registered in Norway in 2020, a 33 per cent decline compared to the record-year 2019. Hotels were particularly affected by coronavirus restrictions.

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  • Guest nights halved

    Guest nights in November 2020 were more than halved compared to the same month the year before, after new restrictions were implemented in Norway. The hotels were particularly affected, as they had a decrease of guest nights by over 60 per cent.

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  • Residents’ guest nights at hotels by decreased sharply

    Total guest nights in October 2020, the month before a reintroduction of restrictions concerning social distancing, declined by 33 per cent compared to October 2019. A heavy fall in the number of Norwegian residents’ guest nights at hotels was the...

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  • Norwegians went to camping sites and holiday dwellings in September

    Guest nights in September 2020 declined by 34 per cent compared to the same month last year. All types of accommodation establishments declined, but the increase in guest nights from Norway at camping sites and holiday dwellings softened the decline.

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  • Hotels in Oslo hit hardest by the pandemic in August

    After the number of guest nights becoming close to normal in June and July, there was yet another decline in August. It was still hotels who suffered the most, and this is particularly evident in the larger cities, where Oslo had the largest decre...

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  • Guest nights close to a normal level in July

    Total guest nights in July this year were almost as many as guest nights in July 2019, after several months of a dramatic decline. This was driven by a 39 per cent increase in Norwegian guest nights. There are, however, regional differences, with ...

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  • Increased turnover in Svalbard despite a decrease in man-years worked

    The total turnover in Svalbard has increased by 4.4 per cent in 2019. The amount of man-years worked in total has decreased by 2.6 percent with mining operations being responsible for the largest decrease with 32.3 per cent.

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  • Norwegian guest nights closer to a normal level

    The number of Norwegian guest nights decreased by 18 per cent in June this year compared to June last year. After several months of a dramatic decline in Norwegian guest nights, there were almost as many Norwegian guest nights as in June 2010. For...

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  • Norwegians went camping in May

    The number of guest nights at camping sites increased 11 per cent in May this year compared to May 2019. Guest nights at hotels, however, decreased by 78 per cent.

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  • Hard April for tourism

    Statistics Norway recorded the lowest number of guest nights since records on accommodation statistics began in 1985. 8 out of 10 guest nights disappeared compared to April 2019.

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  • Covid outbreak hit the accommodation establishments hard

    The number of guest nights was more than halved in March this year compared to March 2019.

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