SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN · EUROPE
Is there a bone marrow registry in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
For people who live in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Live somewhere else? Find your place.
As of , we haven’t found enough to verify a way to join from Svalbard and Jan Mayen yet. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Norway’s registry signs up only people who already give blood at a Norwegian blood bank, and the Norwegian Red Cross list of Norway’s 30 blood banks has none on Svalbard. 1 9
| Place | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Svalbard og Jan Mayen) 10 |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Europe, Europe 7 |
| Registry | None found as of 5 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Svalbard and Jan Mayen lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 8 |
| Transplants | Longyearbyen hospital, run by the University Hospital of North Norway, is a six-bed emergency hospital with limited services, and people living on Svalbard are referred to the Norwegian mainland, such as UNN Tromsø, for care it can’t give. 2 |
| Where we looked | 3 places, in Norwegian and English |
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What we found in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Norway’s registry takes blood donors only, and no blood bank is listed on Svalbard. 1 9
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Svalbard and Jan Mayen appeared on the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map or in its organization database. 5 6 | |
| Norges Røde Kors (giblod.no) | Norwegian | On Oct 11, 2026, the Norwegian Red Cross list of blood banks named none in Svalbard or Longyearbyen. 9 | |
| Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge HF (UNN) | Norwegian | On Oct 16, 2026, the Longyearbyen hospital information from the University Hospital of North Norway, which lists the health services offered on Svalbard, said nothing about giving blood or joining a donor registry. 2 |
Can people in Svalbard and Jan Mayen join a registry abroad?
Norway’s registry, run by Oslo University Hospital, recruits only among blood donors at Norwegian and Icelandic blood banks, as it said on Oct 15, 2026. 3
Questions about Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
Longyearbyen hospital, run by the University Hospital of North Norway, is a six-bed emergency hospital with limited services, and people living on Svalbard are referred to the Norwegian mainland, such as UNN Tromsø, for care it can’t give. 2
Can a hospital in Svalbard and Jan Mayen search abroad for a donor?
On the Norwegian mainland, where people on Svalbard have the right to be referred for care not offered there, Oslo University Hospital does stem cell transplants from a relative or an unrelated donor, and the Norwegian registry it runs lists its donors in WMDA’s Search & Match, used by patient centers worldwide to find an unrelated donor. 2 3 4
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Registries
- Oslo universitetssykehus HF. Bli stamcellegiver - redd liv.
- Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge HF (UNN). Longyearbyen sykehus. Checked
- Oslo universitetssykehus HF. Det norske benmargsgiverregisteret.
- Oslo universitetssykehus HF. Allogen stamcelletransplantasjon. Checked
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA. WMDA Share organisation database (public view).
- United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
Other sources
- Norges Røde Kors (giblod.no). Finn blodbank.
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Europe). Checked