Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Islands, Norway — Northern Europe (a Nordic Country in Scandinavia)

Battle of Spitsbergen Memorial

Photographed by Connor Olson, June 30, 2025

1. Battle of Spitsbergen Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Reist av arbeidere og funkslonærer ved store Norsk Spitsbergen Kulkompani A/S til minne om de som ga sitt liv under kampene pa Spitsbergen og on de av streets befolkning som falt pa andre fronter under krigen 1940-1945

English translation:
Erected by workers and employees of the great Norway Spitsbergen Coal Company in memory of those who lost their lives during the Battle of Spitsbergen and of those of the local population who fell on other fronts during the war 1940-1945.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 78° 13.321′ N, 15° 37.767′ E. Memorial is in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Spitsbergen Islands). It is on Vei 300 north of Vei 309, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Longyearbyen, Svalbard 9170, Norway. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

on the Atlantic Arc,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

in Scandinavia,

in the Nordic Countries,

in the Schengen Area,

and in the Western World.

Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The town's founder John Munro Longyear (approx. half a kilometer away); John Munro Longyear (approx. half

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a kilometer away); Safeguarding Seeds for Future Generations (approx. 3.6 kilometers away).

Also see . . . Operation Zitronella at Wikipedia. Operation Zitronella, also known as Unternehmen Sizilien (Operation Sicily), was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, on 8 September 1943. The battleships Tirpitz (in its only offensive action) and Scharnhorst, plus nine destroyers, sailed to the archipelago, bombarded Allied-occupied settlements in Isfjorden and covered a landing party. Six Norwegians were killed and 31 were taken prisoner; sixteen Germans were wounded, one dying of his wounds. (Submitted on July 11, 2025.)

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Photographed by Connor Olson, June 30, 2025

2. Battle of Spitsbergen Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2025, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 95 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.