List of Colonial Governors in 2005 - Norway

Norway

  • Bouvet Island (territory)
    • Administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
    • Governor - Åshild Hauan, Governor of Nordland (1995–present)
  • Bouvet Island (dependent territory)
    • Administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
  • Norwegian Antarctic Territory (Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island)
    1. Olav Orheim, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute (1993-2005)
    2. Winther January–Gunnar, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute (2005–present)

See also: Antarctic Treaty.

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