There are 5 ways to get from Svalbard to Sortland by plane, bus, ferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)LYR - EVE
- Take the bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Sortland bussterminal
10h 48mkr 2,352–7,302Fly to Andøya Andenes Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Andøya Andenes Airport (ANX)LYR - ANX
- Take the bus from Andenes lufthavn to Torggata
9h 41mkr 1,522–5,282Fly to Stokmarknes
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Stokmarknes (SKN)LYR - SKN
6h 12mkr 1,647–6,167Fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, ferry, car ferry
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)LYR - TOS
- Take the ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkai
- Take the car ferry from Harstad kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
12h 36mFly to Bodø Airport, ferry, Bus
- Fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Bodø Airport (BOO)LYR - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Take the bus from Svolvær sentrum to Melbu ferjekai
- Take the bus from Melbu ferjekai to Sortland bussterminal
14h 12m
Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Svalbard to Sortland is to fly and bus which costs kr 1500 - kr 5500 and takes 9h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Svalbard to Sortland is to fly which takes 6h 12m and costs kr 1600 - kr 6500.
The distance between Svalbard and Sortland is 1220 km.
It takes approximately 10h 48m to get from Svalbard to Sortland, including transfers.
There are 35+ hotels available in Sortland.
What companies run services between Svalbard, SJ and Sortland, Norway?
Scandinavian Airlines, Widerøe, and Norwegian Air Shuttle fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) to Stokmarknes (SKN) once daily.
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- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Stokmarknes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–7,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Stokmarknes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–7,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Andøya Andenes Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Andøya Andenes Airport via Oslo, Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–8,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–5,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,100–8,000
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,600
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–3,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,200–8,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,900
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–5,500
Flights from Svalbard Airport, Longyear to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–7,500
- Phone
- 05 798
- post@boreal.no
- Website
- boreal.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–700
- Website
- Boreal
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Andenes lufthavn to Torggata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Melbu ferjekai to Sortland bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 65–95
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- +47 953 03 888
- info@bestarctic.com
- Website
- bestarctic.com
Bus from Svolvær sentrum to Melbu ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Harstad kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 470–700
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Harstad kystrutekai to Sortland kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
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