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Dependency status Svalbard, in 29 editions.

The entry for Svalbard published Dependency status in 29 editions of 36, from 1997 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Dependency status in every entry.

editions changed the text
5
the first edition with it
1997
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Dependency status” (1997 to 2025).

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2025 edition

Changed since 2024

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  • 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

territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) ( sysselmann ) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920), sovereignty was awarded to Norway

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Svalbard: Dependency status.” The World Factbook, 1997–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/svalbard/dependency-status.

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