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Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)

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flag of Norway by Antonio Martins

ISO Code: SJ SJM 744
MARC Code: integrated into Norway
IOC Code: Not applicable
Status: dependencies of Norway

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Status of the flag

Just for the record, the Norwegian dependencies in the Arctic are Svalbard (Spitzbergen) and Jan Mayen. The national flag of Norway is the appropriate flag.

Neither Jan Mayen, nor Svalbard, nor the Antarctic dependencies have flags of their own.
Jan Oskar Engene, 19 November 1995, 16 October 1997

Geography and politics

Svalbard

ISO 3166-2 Code: NO-22
FIPS 10-4 Code: SV

Svalbard (also referred to as Spitzenberg in the past) consists of all land masses between 74° and 81° North and 10°-13° East. It encompasses approximately 62,043 km2

Svalbard is first mentioned in Icelandic annals dating from 1194. The first known exploration was in 1596 led by William Barentsz (Dutch).

On 9 February 1920 Norway was granted sovereignty over the area which went into