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Government of Svalbard

Name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen)

Data code: SV

Dependency status: territory of Norway; administered by the Ministry of Industry, Oslo, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen[?], Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was given to Norway

Government type: NA

Capital: Longyearbyen

Independence: none (territory of Norway)

National holiday: NA

Legal system: NA

Executive branch:
chief of state: King Harald V of Norway (since 17 January 1991)
head of government: Governor Morten RUUD (since NA November 1998) and Assistant Governor Rune Baard HANSEN (since NA 1996)
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice

International organization participation: none

Flag description: the flag of Norway is used Images here: http://w1.866.telia.com/~u86621791/svalbard/ or (same place) http://www.spitsbergen.cjb.net

See also : Svalbard

External Links

Governor's office (http://www.sysselmannen.svalbard.no/)



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