We started the Svalbard Seal Club in 2024 as an effort to build a community of better heath on Svalbard. We firmly believe that even though we live in a remote place and we have limited access to goods and services, this shouldn’t limit the possibilities for having a healthy lifestyle. We promote health and fitness by offering accessible and affordable health-focused products of the highest quality right here on the island. Our biggest priority is to lower the threshold for improving health for each individual in Longyearbyen, so that it is easier to make better health your next adventure.

We strongly believe that physical and mental health go hand in hand and therefore we cannot strengthen one without consideration for the other. We are thus working to build up partnerships and programmes to offer new and creative ways to build both stronger physical and mental health for everyone in our community. 

However, making true and lasting changes takes time. So while we currently work to improve mental health services directly on Svalbard, we are donating 20% of our proceeds to the Norwegian organisation Mental Helse.

Mental Helse has been working to strengthen mental health offerings across Norway and promote awareness for over 40 years. They also have a number of projects focused on improving mental health services, especially for youth, which we believe are extremely important.

We are currently working to develop new partnerships and localise the impact we make rather than giving donations. The goal in this, is so that we can be sure that our efforts have more of a direct effect on the people in this special community.

We are always looking for ways to better Longyearbyen, so if you have a project or idea, get in touch with us to see how we can work together to positively impact mental health services in Svalbard!