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). 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, or to the southernmost point of Greenland.
Southern Inspectorate of Greenland Sydgrønlands Inspektorat | |||||||
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Colony of Denmark–Norway (1728–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950) | |||||||
1728–1950 | |||||||
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 |
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]
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