North Greenland

The Northern Inspectorate of Greenland 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.

This article is about the former Danish colony. For the former Greenlandic county, see Avannaa.
North Greenland
Nord Grønland
Colony of Denmark–Norway (1721–1814)
Colony of Denmark (1814–1950)
1721–1950
Coat of arms

North Greenland (dark green) in 1815
CapitalGodhavn
Government
 • TypeMonarchy
Monarch 
• 1721–1730
Frederick IV first
• 1947–1950
Frederick IX last
Governor/Royal inspectors 
• 1782–1786
Johan Friedrich Schwabe first
• 1945–1950
Carl Fredrik Simony last
History 
• Established
1721
• Disestablished
1950
Succeeded by
Colony of Greenland (1950-1953)
Today part of Kingdom of Denmark

History

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).

See also
  • List of inspectors of North Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1782 and 1924
  • List of governors of North Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1924 and 1950
  • Avannaa County, Greenland, a former administrative division of Greenland also known as "North Greenland" in English
  • South Greenland

References
  1. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, An Indigenous Parliament?, IWGIA, 2005, p. 156.
  2. Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.
  3. James Bell: A System of Geography. Glasgow 1892. p. 281 CHAP. III-GREENLAND.
  4. Etableringen af Landsrådene (The Creation of Local Councils of Greenland, 1911-2011), cites the laws of 27 May 1950 merging both local councils, with an election in 1951.

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