To the west is a Norwegian settlement.
There were no permanent Norwegian settlements on the Kola Peninsula.
Reconstruction of the Norwegian settlements started in 1945 and they were quickly operational, and reaching pre-war production levels within a few years.
The town is a Norwegian settlement and strongly retains its roots.
The service also dropped post at the other Norwegian settlements in Svalbard.
Historically, the fjord and the area around it has had a historical importance as the northern boundary for Norwegian settlement during the Middle ages.
There is no evidence of Norwegian settlement in the area.
As the congregation grew, it became necessary to build another church in the western part of the Norwegian immigrant settlement.
The village was the site of an early Norwegian immigrant settlement in the southern part of Mission township.
The first farms in the area appeared at the end of the 1700s and beginning of the 1800s, and Norwegian settlement increased from then onwards.