The Living Condition Survey in Longyearbyen 2026

You have received a letter in Altinn inviting you to participate. The letter also contains a link and login information for the survey.

If you have not received a letter in Altinn, you can collect a letter addressed to you at the library.

You will be asked questions about, among other things, your work situation, your mental and physical health, your housing, and which organised activities you take part in in Longyearbyen. You do not need to prepare for the survey. If there are any questions you do not wish to answer, you may skip them and proceed to the next question.

Everyone aged 16 years or older who has been registered as a resident of Longyearbyen for six months or more is invited to take part in the survey.

Although the entire population is invited to participate, each respondent is an important representative of a specific group in the population of Longyearbyen.

Participation is voluntary, but your responses are very important and will contribute to increasing knowledge about the population in Longyearbyen.

• Everyone who works at Statistics Norway (SSB) and with the processing of the data is subject to a duty of confidentiality, and we will never disclose information about how individual persons have responded.
• You may withdraw from the survey and request that your responses be deleted until the point at which the information you have provided is included in statistical material. This can be done by calling us or by sending us an email.
• The survey is conducted in accordance with the Statistics Act (statitistikkloven) and the Personal Data Act (personopplysningsloven). If you have questions about data protection, you may send an email to personvernombud@ssb.no or read more at www.ssb.no/en/omssb/personvern
• Your national identity number and other directly identifiable personal information will be removed from the data material by 31 May 2028.
• To keep the survey as short as possible, we use information about you and your household from registers to which Statistics Norway already has access. After the survey has been completed, information will be linked on your education from educational authorities and the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen); information on employment, housing and occupation from the Tax Administration (Skatteetaten) and NAV; voter turnout from the electoral register; any reason for immigration from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI); and information on GP registration and sickness-related healthcare visits from health registers. In addition, we link information on income, benefits and allowances for you and your household from the Tax Administration and NAV. By participating in the survey, you consent to this.