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    Svalbard Government 1995
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    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Names:
      conventional long form: none
      conventional short form:
      Digraph: SV
      Type: 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

      Capital: Longyearbyen

      Independence: none (territory of Norway)
      National holiday: NA

      Legal system: NA

      Executive branch:
      Chief of State: King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991)
      Head of Government: Governor Odd BLOMDAL (since NA); Assistant Governor Jan-Atle HANSEN (since NA September 1993)
      Member of: none

      Flag: the flag of Norway is used

      NOTE: The information regarding Svalbard on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Svalbard Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Svalbard Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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