Northern Inspectorate of Greenland Nordgrønlands Inspektorat | |||||||
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Colony of
Denmark–Norway (1721–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950) | |||||||
1721–1950 | |||||||
North Greenland (dark green) in 1815 | |||||||
Capital | Godhavn | ||||||
Government | |||||||
• Type | Monarchy | ||||||
Monarch | |||||||
• 1721–1730 | Frederick IV first | ||||||
• 1947–1950 | Frederik IX last | ||||||
Governor/ Royal inspectors | |||||||
• 1782–1786 | Johan Friedrich Schwabe first | ||||||
• 1945–1950 | Carl Fredrik Simony last | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1721 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1950 | ||||||
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Today part of | Kingdom of Denmark |
The Northern Inspectorate of Greenland ( Danish: Nordgrønlands Inspektorat), also known as North Greenland, was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the northwest coast of the island.
North Greenland was established in 1721. [1] Its capital was at Godhavn (modern Qeqertarsuaq). [2] The southernmost town of North Greenland was Egedesminde, which bordered Holsteinborg, which was the northernmost town of South Greenland. This boundary between North and South Greenland ran at around 68°N latitude, and in the North, North Greenland stretched to 78°N [3] to enclose Thule.
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.
North Greenland was united with South Greenland in 1950, [4] with the administration for the northern settlements moved to Godthaab (modern Nuuk).