Sveagruva
Sveagruva is a mining settlement Norwegian territory of Svalbard lying at the head of Van Mijenfjord. It is the third-largest settlement in the (after Longyearbyen and Barentsburg), with a population of about 300[citation needed]. The settlement is operated by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani and is served by the airport Svea Airport. The town was first established in 1917 by the Swedish[1]. The town was destroyed in 1944, but was quickly re-established after the war. In the 1990's the town nearly vanished, due to more productive, and accessible mines in Longyearbyen.
Today, Sveagruva holds the most productive coal mine of Svalbard, the Svea Nord longwall mine. Opened in 2001, the mine produces 3 million tons of coal annually[citation needed], making it one of the largest underground coal mines in Europe.
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| General | Flora | Governor | History | Languages | Politics | Treaty | .sj |
| Settlements | Barentsburg | Grumant | Longyearbyen | Ny-Ålesund | Pyramiden | Smeerenburg | Sveagruva |
| Islands | Barentsøya | Bjørnøya | Danskøya | Edgeøya | Hopen | Kong Karls Land | Kongsøya | Kvitøya | Lågøya | Nordaustlandet | Spitsbergen | Svenskøya | Wilhelmøya |
| Fjords | Hornsund | Isfjord | Van Mijenfjord | Wijdefjord | Woodfjord |
| National parks | Forlandet National Park | Nordenskiöld Land | Nordre Isfjorden Land | Northwest Spitsbergen | Sassen-Bünsow Land | Sør-Spitsbergen |
| Landmarks | Newtontoppen | Olav V Land |
| Companies | Arctikugol | Bjørnøen | Kings Bay | Store Norske |
| Research | Norwegian Polar Institute | Polish Polar Station | Seed Vault | Undersea Cable | University Centre |
| Airports | Longyearbyen | Ny-Ålesund | Svea |
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