Longyearbyen · 78.22 N 15.63 E

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Longyearbyen's culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025, NOK 95,000 in 2026

Each square is NOK 1,000.

Longyearbyen's culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025, NOK 95,000 in 2026Squares chart in three rows. Longyearbyen's share of the regional culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025; NOK 55,000 in the government's proposal for 2026; NOK 95,000 in 2026 as adopted.
Longyearbyen's culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025, NOK 95,000 in 2026Squares chart in three rows. Longyearbyen's share of the regional culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025; NOK 55,000 in the government's proposal for 2026; NOK 95,000 in 2026 as adopted.
Longyearbyen's culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025, NOK 95,000 in 2026Squares chart in three rows. Longyearbyen's share of the regional culture fund: NOK 100,000 in 2025; NOK 55,000 in the government's proposal for 2026; NOK 95,000 in 2026 as adopted.

Top to bottom: Longyearbyen's share in 2025, in the government's proposal for 2026, and as adopted for 2026. Amounts in NOK thousand in the budget tables, shown here in kroner. Data: Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet (the Ministry of Culture and Equality), letter of 17 June 2025. Budget figures: Prop. 1 S (2025–2026) and Prop. 1 S (2026–2027). Longyearbyen lokalstyre (the local council), 30 October 2026. Retrieved 31 October 2026.

Graphic: Svalbard Wire · Sources: Ministry of Culture and Equality; Longyearbyen lokalstyre. Corrections

The three figures and the words they come from

RowNOKSource and its words
2025, the fund's first year100,000
2026, the government's proposal (NOK 40 million for the whole country)55,000
2026, as adopted (NOK 70 million for the whole country)95,000

Applications until 11 November 2026. Source: Longyearbyen lokalstyre (the local council), 30 October 2026: Søknadsfrist: 11. november

Every figure is read by the Wire's retrieval script from the words quoted above, retrieved 31 October 2026.