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Office of the Governor closed to public on Friday

Svalbard WirePublished 4 NovemberReport by the Wire.

The Office of the Governor of Svalbard, a brown wooden building with a sign reading Sysselmannen på Svalbard, with snow on the ground and roof.
The Office of the Governor of Svalbard in Longyearbyen, in snow. File picture, October 2019. Photo: Ssu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

The Governor of Svalbard (Sysselmesteren) will close its office to the public on Friday 6 November because of a funeral, the Governor's office said on Wednesday 4 November.

The police on-duty phone line will stay open as usual.

Coverage: The Governor of Svalbard (Sysselmesteren)

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