List of Inspectors of Greenland
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Inspector was the highest ranking colonial officer in Danish
Greenland
1782–1924.
Inspectors in North Greenland (West Greenland
Inspectors in South Greenland (West Greenland
For leaders after this see: List of governors of Greenland
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
1782–1924.
Inspectors in North Greenland (West GreenlandGreenlandGreenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
between HolsteinsborgSisimiutSisimiut is a town in central-western Greenland, located on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately north of Nuuk. It is the administrative center of the Qeqqata Municipality and the second-largest town in Greenland, with a population of 5,460 people as of 2010. The site of the present-day town...
and UpernavikUpernavikUpernavik is a small town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,129 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. Due to the small size of the settlement, everything is within walking distance...
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- Johan Friedrich Schwabe (1782–1786)
- Jens Clausen Wille (1786–1790)
- Børge Johan Schultz (1790–1797)
- Claus BendekeClaus BendekeClaus Bendeke was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He represented Hedemarken amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1804. He was also an Inspector of Greenland....
(1797–1803) - Peter Hanning Motzfeldt (1803–1817)
- Johannes WestJohannes WestJohannes West , was Denmark's inspector of Nordgrønland.He took over as inspector of Nordgrønland in 1817 after Peter Motzfeldt, even though Frederik Diderik Sechmann Fleischer had filled in for Motzfeldt in the last two years of his work, and was seen by many as his natural successor.-References:**...
(1817–1825) - Carl Peter Holbøll (1825–1828)
- Ludvig Fasting (1828–1843)
- Hans Peter Christian Møller (1843–1845)
- Nicolai Zimmer (1845–1846)
- Christian Søren Marcus Olrik (1846–1866)
- Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe (1866–1867)
- Sophus Theodor Krarup-Smith (1867–1882)
- Hjalmar Christian Reinholdt (1882–1883) acting
- Niels Alfred Andersen (1883–1898)
- Johan Carl Joensen (1898–1900) acting
- Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1900–1912)
- Anders Peter Olsen (1912–1913) acting
- Harald Lindow (1913–1924)
Inspectors in South Greenland (West GreenlandGreenlandGreenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
between SukkertoppenManiitsoqManiitsoq is a town in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. With 2,784 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland...
and NanortalikNanortalikNanortalik is a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. With 1,448 inhabitants in 2010, it is the tenth-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "place of polar bears" or "place where the polar bears go" .- History :...
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- Bendt Olrik (1782–1789)
- Andreas Molbech Lund (1789–1795)
- Claus BendekeClaus BendekeClaus Bendeke was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He represented Hedemarken amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1804. He was also an Inspector of Greenland....
(1795–1797) - Niels Rosing Bull (1797–1802)
- Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort (1802–1821) acting (until 1803)
- Christian Alexander Platou (1821–1823) acting
- Arent Christopher Heilmann (1823–1824) acting
- Christian Alexander Platou (1824–1827)
- Ove Valentin Kielsen (1827–1828)
- Carl Peter Holbøll (1828–1856)
- Jørgen Nielsen Møller (1856–1857) acting
- Hinrich Johannes RinkHinrich Johannes RinkDr. Hinrich Johannes Rink was a Danish geologist, one of the pioneers of glaciology, and the first accurate describer of the inland ice of Greenland. Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region, and became notable for Greenland's development...
(1857–1868) - Albert E. Blichfeldt Høyer (1868–1869)
- Hannes Peter Stephensen (1870–1882)
- Frederik Tryde Lassen (1882–1884) acting
- Carl Julius Peter Ryberg (1884–1890)
- Johan Carl Joansen (1890–1891) acting
- Conrad Poul Emil Brummerstedt (1891–1892) acting
- Edgar Christian Fencker (1892–1899)
- Regnar Stephensen (1899–1902)
- Oscar Peter Cornelius Koch (1902–1903)
- Ole Bendixen (1903–1914)
- Oluf Hastrup (1914–1915)
- Carl Frederik Harries (1915–1923)
- Christian Simony (1924) acting
- Knud Oldendow (1924) acting
For leaders after this see: List of governors of Greenland