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Capital: Longyearbyen
Country name:
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
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
Flag description:
the flag of Norway is used
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