Morten Fjeldberg: Cameron visits Norway

Morten Fjeldberg was Secretary General of the Federation of Norwegian Conservative Students 2000-2003, a time when it  had great co-operation with Conservative Future. Group secretary of the Conservative Party group on Fredrikstad city council 1997-2003, city councillor 1995-2003 and spokesman on social affairs.

Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition David Cameron MP has just visited Norway.

The purpose of the visit was to study impact of climate changes and Mr Cameron therefore first took the trip to Svalbard, which is Norwegian territory.

Svalbard is uniquely governed. The Governor of Svalbard is the Norwegian government's supreme representative in the archipelago. The institution is quite unique in Norway in that it heads a department of environment conservation and a police unit. It also deals with several other fields.

The Governor of Svalbard is the highest authority in Svalbard. Administratively he reports to the Ministry of Justice, but the office carries out tasks for a number of other ministries as well, for instance, the Ministry of Environment.