Editing Jan Mayen (section)

== In popular culture ==
Jan Mayen is featured as an [[Easter egg (media)|easter egg]] in several grand strategy video games published by [[Paradox Interactive]], such as ''[[Europa Universalis IV]]''. In ''Europa Universalis IV'', typing "bearhaslanded" into the command console will spawn Jan Mayen as a country in a random location. Players can also specify where Jan Mayen will spawn by including a province ID in the command.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonacchi |first=Stefano |date=2016-10-20 |title=Jan Mayen Easter Egg: How & Why You Can Make a Country of Polar Bears in ''Europa Universalis IV'' |url=https://www.gameskinny.com/3u83z/jan-mayen-easter-egg-how-why-you-can-make-a-country-of-polar-bears-in-europa-universalis-iv |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=www.gameskinny.com |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108184526/https://www.gameskinny.com/3u83z/jan-mayen-easter-egg-how-why-you-can-make-a-country-of-polar-bears-in-europa-universalis-iv |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''[[Hearts of Iron IV]]'', also published by Paradox Interactive, players can play as Jan Mayen controlled by the polar bear "Grand Admiral Johan Mayan" by completing an elaborate easter egg chain as Poland during the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jan Mayen - Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki |url=https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Jan_Mayen&redirect=no |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=hoi4.paradoxwikis.com}}</ref> In ''Victoria 2'', set in the nineteenth century, certain decisions will see polar bears take charge of Jan Mayen's military.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jan Mayen - Victoria 2 Wiki |url=https://vic2.paradoxwikis.com/Jan_Mayen |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=vic2.paradoxwikis.com}}</ref>

In the 2008 game ''[[Tomb Raider: Underworld]]'', [[Lara Croft]] visits Jan Mayen Island in search of [[Mjöllnir|Thor's Hammer]]. The ruin that she finds there is supposedly the source of the [[Valhalla]] myth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tomb Raider Underworld - Jan Mayen Island Full Walkthrough Part 5 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8HXZBQEDo |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

The 2022 film ''Tales of Jan Mayen'', directed by Hugo Pettit, documents the recreation of the 1921 British expedition to the summit of Mount Beerenberg.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=100 years after the first ascent of the world’s northernmost active volcano, this team climbed it again. Here’s why. |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/jan-mayen-arctic-volcano-centennial-ascent |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Adventure |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tales of Jan Mayen - reviews and where to watch - good.film |url=https://good.film/title/movie/1082833/tales-of-jan-mayen |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=good.film |language=en}}</ref>