Pyramiden (meaning "the pyramid" in most Scandinavian languages; called Пирамида, Piramida, in
Russian) is a
Russian settlement and
coal mining community on the archipelago of
Svalbard,
Norway. Founded by
Sweden in 1910 and sold to the
Soviet Union in 1927, Pyramiden was closed in 1998 and has since remained largely abandoned with most of its infrastructure and buildings still in place. Since 2007 there have been efforts to make it a tourist attraction.