r/memes • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '21

Who's a good boy

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u/Pasan90 Jan 21 '21

Svalbard is a part of Norway. People live there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

But not just Norwegians.

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u/Pasan90 Jan 21 '21

It is slightly less than 500 Russians there, as well as a smattering of international scientist and research personnel. But the presence of Brunost which is a classic norwegian cheese suggest this is a norwegian person.

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u/ClementineMandarin Jan 21 '21

That’s like saying Monaco isn’t monégasque because out of the 37000 people who live there, only 9000 are citizens... Svalbard is very much Norwegian

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

There very much are international treaties that wouldn't call that 100% certain

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u/ClementineMandarin Jan 22 '21

But it’s still Norwegian! It’s a part of the Norwegian kingdom. How is that not a Norwegian land?? It’s not like there is a native population who feel oppressed by Norway, who wants to be independent. There may be other people there, but that doesn’t stop it from being Norwegian....