South Greenland
Southern Inspectorate of Greenland Sydgrønlands Inspektorat | |||||||
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Colony of Denmark–Norway (1728–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950) | |||||||
1728–1950 | |||||||
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![]() South Greenland (dark green) in 1815 | |||||||
Government | |||||||
• Type | Monarchy | ||||||
Monarch | |||||||
• 1728–1730 | Frederick IV first | ||||||
• 1947–1950 | Frederik IX last | ||||||
Governor/Royal inspectors | |||||||
• 1782–1789 | Bendt Olrik first | ||||||
• 1945–1950 | Carl Fredrik Simony last | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1728 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1950 | ||||||
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Today part of | Kingdom of Denmark
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The Southern Inspectorate of Greenland (Danish: Sydgrønlands Inspektorat), also known as South Greenland, was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the southwest coast of the island. Its capital was at Godthaab (modern Nuuk).[1] The northernmost town of South Greenland was Holsteinborg, which bordered Egedesminde, which was the southernmost town of North Greenland. This boundary between South and North Greenland ran at around 68°N degree of latitude, and in the South, South Greenland stretched to 59°30'N,[2] or to the southernmost point of Greenland.
In 1911, as the administration of the colony was removed from the Royal Greenland Trading Department and folded into the Danish Ministry of the Interior, a provincial council (Danish: landsråd) was established. It was elected indirectly from the local councils and had little say in the management of the colony.
It was united with North Greenland in 1950.[verification needed]
See also
- List of inspectors of South Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1782 and 1924
- List of governors of South Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1924 and 1950
- North Greenland
- New South Greenland
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