Svalbard Government - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/svalbard/svalbard_government.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)

Dependency status:
territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded 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 Odd Olsen INGERO (since 8 June 2001) and Assistant Governor Rune Baard HANSEN (since NA)
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

NOTE: The information regarding Svalbard on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Svalbard Government 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Svalbard Government 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.