Six years later, Gyllenhaal left Centek to devote his time to his work on military history and the history of the Barents Region.

The secretariat of the Barents Region is located in Kirkenes.

One of its tasks is to create cross-border cultural, educational and business relations in the Barents Region.

BarentsObserver.com News about the Barents Region presented in English and Russian.

In 1994, he co-edited a volume on the post-Cold War regional cooperation in Arctic Europe, The Barents Region.

The Barents Region: Regional Cooperation in Arctic Europe, with Olav Schram Stokke eds.

Barentsburg, the second largest settlement on Svalbard, and the Barents Region were also named after Barents.

It is part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as the Barents Region, and is the largest and least populated county of Norway.

The Barents Sea, Barentsburg and Barents Region were all named after him.

This council also organizes inter-state cooperation between the Saami, and also often represent the Saami in international fora such as the Barents Region.