The State Administration Database

Governor of Svalbard

This page shows the event history for this unit.

17.07.1925* Regular founding

Name: Governor of Svalbard
Short name: Sysselmannen på Svalbard
Affiliations: Other public administration body
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 01 General public services
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 2111 Spitsbergen

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1937* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1953* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1995 Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

15.06.2001 Maintenance by reorganization

Related units:
  • Svalbards Environmental Protection Fund

Svalbard's environmental protection fund Secretariat placed at The Governor of Svalbard's office

Svalbard's environmental protection fund is pursuant to The Svalbard Environmental Protection Act. The fund's resources will be used for projects and initiatives with the purpose of protecting the environment. The fund is financed by dues and allocation is dependant upon the income.

The sources of income are the environment fee, fees fro hunting and fishing cards, the value of the flora and fauna which is handled in violation of the Svalbard environmental law and environmental compensations and enforced penalties set by The Governor of Svalbard.

01.07.2021 Change of name

Name: Governor of Svalbard
Short name: Sysselmesteren

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.