From 78° North to the top: Funken Lodge named Norway’s Leading Boutique Hotel 2026

Funken Lodge in Longyearbyen said in a press release on Mynewsdesk on 19 October that it had been named Norway's Leading Boutique Hotel 2026. The title was given at the World Travel Awards. The hotel is part of Hurtigruten Svalbard.

Funken Lodge is a five-star boutique hotel, Visit Svalbard (the destination company) says on its website. It lists 88 rooms and suites, and says every room has a coffee machine, a bathrobe and slippers.

Facilities for guests include Funktionærmessen Restaurant, Funken Bar, a fireplace lounge, a polar library, a fitness room and a sauna and wellness area, the Visit Svalbard profile says. It also lists a historic wine cellar, where tastings are held. For meetings, the hotel has function rooms with a total of 200 m2.

Visit Svalbard says the building dates from 1947, when it was built as the residence for the managers of Store Norske (the state-owned mining company).

The hotel's postal address is P.O.Box 548, 9171 Longyearbyen, and its telephone number is +47 79 02 62 00, according to Visit Svalbard.

Correction, 26 October 2026: an earlier version credited the news to Mynewsdesk as its own report. It is a press release from Funken Lodge, which is part of Hurtigruten Svalbard, published on Mynewsdesk.

Coverage: Mynewsdesk