List of administrators in Greenland
From the colonization by Denmark to the introduction of the Hjemmestyre in 1979, the administration of Greenland was headed by people with different office titles.
In 1728 the Danish government took over the administration of Greenland and Claus Paarss was appointed governor ( guvernør ) of Greenland. Colonization was broken off in 1731. Only in 1782 was another administrator appointed each of the colony, which had meanwhile been divided into the two parts of North Greenland and South Greenland . This was called Inspektor ( inspektør ) and was used by Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel (KGH). From 1925 the office of the inspector was replaced by that of the Landsfogeds (lit. Landesvogt ). At the Second World War two parts of the country were often managed by the same staff since 1950, both parts of the country were combined and the Landsfoged by a Landshøvding (literally. State chief ) replaced.
In East Greenland , which together with the Thule district had a special role for a long time, Helge Ingstad Sysselmann was from 1932 to 1933 Eirik Raudes Land, which was occupied by Norway . When this was added to Denmark in 1933, Ejnar Mikkelsen was appointed inspector of East Greenland, which he remained until 1950.
The following persons were the governor, inspector, Landsfoged or Landshøvding of Greenland until 1979.
governor
| Period | governor | Life dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1728-1731 | Claus Paarss | 1683-1762 |
List of inspectors
| North Greenland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Period | inspector | Life dates |
| 1782-1786 | Johan Friedrich Schwabe | 1749-1821 |
| 1786-1790 | Jens Clausen will | 1750-1820 |
| 1790-1797 | Børge Johan Schultz | 1764-1826 |
| 1797-1803 | Claus Bendeke | 1763-1828 |
| 1803-1815 | Peter Hanning Motzfeldt | 1774-1835 |
| 1815-1817 | Frederik Diderik Sechmann Fleischer (interim) | 1783-1849 |
| 1817-1824 | Johannes West | 1782-1835 |
| 1824 | Nicolai Julius Rasmussen (interim) | 1777-1824 |
| 1825 | Johan Lorentz Mørch (interim) | 1783-1834 |
| 1825-1828 | Carl Peter Holbøll (interim) | 1795-1856 |
| 1828-1843 | Ludvig Fasting | 1789-1863 |
| 1843-1845 | Hans Peter Christian Møller (interim) | 1810-1845 |
| 1845-1846 | Nicolai Zimmer (interim) | 1810-1894 |
| 1846-1866 | Christian Søren Marcus Olrik | 1815-1870 |
| 1866-1867 | Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe (interim) | 1833-1878 |
| 1867-1882 | Sophus Theodor Krarup-Smith | 1834-1882 |
| 1882-1883 | Hjalmar Christian Reinholdt Knuthsen (interim) | 1859–1940? |
| 1883-1898 | Niels Alfred Andersen | (1843–1900) |
| 1898-1900 | Johan Carl Joensen (interim) | 1857-1907 |
| 1900-1912 | Jens Daugaard-Jensen | 1871-1938 |
| 1912-1913 | Anders Peter Olsen (interim) | 1862-1932 |
| 1913-1924 | Harald Lindow | 1886-1972 |
| South Greenland | ||
| Period | inspector | Life dates |
| 1782-1789 | Bendt Olrik | 1749-1793 |
| 1789-1795 | Andreas Molbech Lund | 1749-1820 |
| 1795-1797 | Claus Bendeke | 1763-1828 |
| 1797-1802 | Niels Rosing Bull | 1760-1841 |
| 1802-1821 | Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort (until 1803 interim) | 1759-1821 |
| 1821-1823 | Christian Alexander Platou (interim) | 1779-1827 |
| 1823 | Arent Christopher Heilmann (interim) | 1781-1830 |
| 1823-1827 | Christian Alexander Platou (until 1824 interim) | 1779-1827 |
| 1827-1828 | Ove Valentin Kielsen (interim) | 1803-1864 |
| 1828-1832 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1832-1833 | Frederik Lassen (interim) | 1798-1872 |
| 1833-1836 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1836-1837 | Jørgen Nielsen Møller (interim) | 1801-1862 |
| 1837-1839 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1839-1840 | Edvard Emil Meyer (interim) | 1803-1879 |
| 1840-1846 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1846-1847 | Jørgen Nielsen Møller (interim) | 1801-1862 |
| 1847-1848 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1848-1849 | Holger Biilmann (interim) | 1797-1864 |
| 1849-1850 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1850-1851 | Edvard Emil Meyer (interim) | 1803-1879 |
| 1851-1856 | Carl Peter Holbøll | 1795-1856 |
| 1856-1857 | Jørgen Nielsen Møller (interim) | 1801-1862 |
| 1857-1868 | Hinrich Johannes Rink (until 1858 interim) | 1819-1893 |
| 1868-1869 | Albert E. Blichfeldt Høyer (interim) | 1827-1879 |
| 1870-1873 | Hannes Peter Stephensen (until 1871 interim) | 1832-1908 |
| 1873-1874 | Lorentz Frederik Mathiesen (interim) | 1832 - ???? |
| 1874-1882 | Hannes Peter Stephensen | 1832-1908 |
| 1882-1884 | Frederik Tryde Lassen (interim) | 1838-1920 |
| 1884-1888 | Carl Julius Peter Ryberg | 1854-1929 |
| 1888-1889 | Laurits Hans Christian Bistrup (interim) | 1850-1914 |
| 1889-1890 | Carl Julius Peter Ryberg | 1854-1929 |
| 1890-1891 | Johan Carl Joensen (interim) | 1857-1907 |
| 1891-1892 | Conrad Poul Emil Brummerstedt (interim) | 1857-1939 |
| 1892-1893 | Edgar Christian Fencker | 1844-1904 |
| 1893-1894 | John Christian Gustav Baumann (interim) | 1863–1939? |
| 1894-1897 | Edgar Christian Fencker | 1844-1904 |
| 1897-1898 | Herjulf Carl Georg Jørgensen (interim) | 1856-1911 |
| 1898-1902 | Regnar Stephensen (until 1899 interim) | 1866-1902 |
| 1902-1903 | Oscar Peter Cornelius Kock (interim) | 1860-1937 |
| 1903-1906 | Ole Bendixen | 1869-1958 |
| 1906-1907 | Laurits Hans Christian Bistrup (interim) | 1850-1914 |
| 1907 | Ole Bendixen | 1869-1958 |
| 1907-1908 | Laurits Hans Christian Bistrup (interim) | 1850-1914 |
| 1908-1913 | Ole Bendixen | 1869-1958 |
| 1913-1914 | Oluf Hastrup (interim) | 1875-1933 |
| 1914 | Ole Bendixen | 1869-1958 |
| 1914-1915 | Oluf Hastrup (interim) | 1875-1933 |
| 1915-1923 | Carl Frederik Harries | 1872-1938 |
| 1924 | Christian Simony (interim) | 1881-1961 |
| 1924 | Knud Oldendow | 1892-1975 |
List of Landsfogeder
| North Greenland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Period | Landsfoged | Life dates |
| 1925-1927 | Philip Rosendahl | 1893-1974 |
| 1928-1929 | Jørgen Berthelsen (interim) | 1895-1989 |
| 1929-1939 | Philip Rosendahl | 1893-1974 |
| 1939-1945 | Eske Brun | 1904-1987 |
| 1945-1947 | Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony (interim) | 1909-1983 |
| 1947-1950 | Niels Otto Christensen (interim) | 1917-2003 |
| South Greenland | ||
| 1925-1929 | Knud Oldendow | 1892-1975 |
| 1930 | Frederik Albert Madsen (interim) | 1894–? |
| 1931 | Knud Oldendow | 1892-1975 |
| 1932-1941 | Aksel Svane | 1898-1991 |
| 1941-1945 | Eske Brun (interim) | 1904-1987 |
| 1945-1950 | Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony | 1909-1983 |
List of Landshøvdinge
| Period | Landshøvding | Life dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1951-1954 | Poul Hugo Lundsteen | 1910-1988 |
| 1955-1956 | Niels Otto Christensen (interim) | 1917-2003 |
| 1957-1960 | Poul Hugo Lundsteen | 1910-1988 |
| 1961–1962 | Finn Nielsen (interim) | 1913-1995 |
| 1963-1972 | Niels Otto Christensen | 1917-2003 |
| 1973-1979 | Hans J. Lassen | 1926-2011 |
Individual evidence
- ^ List of heads of state in Greenland at worldstatesmen.org
- ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Godhavn district. History . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 308 ff . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Godthaab District. History. Danske Embedsmænd ved Godthaab . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 2 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 293 ff . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).