!!!Svalbard: Government
||Country name|''conventional long form'': none \\ ''conventional short form'': Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago) \\ ''etymology'': 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen island or eastern Greenland; the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands \\ 
||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|
||Capital|Longyearbyen[{GoogleMap location='Longyearbyen' zoom='6'}] \\ ''geographic coordinates'': 78 13 N, 15 38 E \\ ''time difference'': UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) \\ ''daylight saving time'': +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October \\ 
||Independence|none (territory of Norway)
||Legal system|the laws of Norway where applicable apply; only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grants certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations
||Citizenship|see Norway
||Executive branch|''chief of state'': King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991) \\ ''head of government'': Governor Kjerstin ASKHOLT (since 1 October 2015); Assistant Governor Lars Erik ALHEIM \\ ''elections/appointments'': none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice \\ 
||Legislative branch|''description'': unicameral Longyearbyen Community Council (15 seats; members elected by direct vote to serve four-year-terms) \\ ''elections'': last held on 6 October 2015 (next to be held October 2019) \\ ''election results'': seats by party - Conservatives 5, Green Party 2, Labor Party 5, Liberals 3 \\  \\ ''__note__'': the Council's main responsibilities are infrastructure and utilities, including power, land-use and community planning, education, and child welfare; however, healthcare services are provided by the state \\ 
||Judicial branch|''highest court(s)'': none; note - Svalbard is subordinate to Norway's Nord-Troms District Court and Halogaland Court of Appeal, both located in Tromso \\ 
||Political parties and leaders|Svalbard Conservative Party (Kjetil FIGENSCHOO); Svalbard Green Party (Espen Klungseth ROTEVATN); Svalbard Labor Party (Arid OLSEN); Svalbard Liberal Party (Erik BERGER)
||Political pressure groups and leaders|NA
||International organization participation|none
||Flag description|the flag of Norway is used
||National anthem| \\ ''__note__'': as a territory of Norway, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" is official (see Norway) \\