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
