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Longyearbyen Community Council ((ノルウェー語:Longyearbyen lokalstyre)) is the local government for Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. It has many of the same responsibilities of a municipality. It is organized with a 15-member council which since 2011 has been led by Mayor Christin Kristoffersen of the Labour Party. The council's main responsibilities are infrastructure and utilities, including power, land-use and community planning, education from kindergarten to upper secondary level and child welfare. It operates three kindergartens in addition to the 13-grade Longyearbyen School. The Svalbard Council was established in 1 November 1971. It consisted of 17 non-partisan members which were elected or appointed in three different groups—SNSK employees, government employees and others, although the ratio changed several times.〔Holm (1999): 134〕 Svalbard Samfunnsdrift (SSD), a limited company which was responsible for public infrastructure and services, was established by SNSK on 1 January 1989.〔Holm (1999): 137〕 Responsibilities included healthcare, the fire department, the kindergarten, roads, garbage disposal, power production, the water and sewer system, the cinema, cultural actives and the library.〔Holm (1999): 136〕 Ownership was taken over by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on 1 January 1993.〔 During the 1990s, the authorities started a process to "normalize" Longyearbyen by abolishing the company town scheme and introducing a full range of services, a varied economy and local democracy.〔Arlov (1994): 86〕 The Svalbard Council changed its regulations from 1993 and allowed parties to run for election.〔 Longyearbyen Community Council was established in 2002, replacing the Svalbard Council and assimilating SSD.〔 ==References== ;Bibliography * * ;Notes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Longyearbyen Community Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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