South Greenland

Southern Inspectorate of Greenland
Sydgrønlands Inspektorat
Southern Inspectorate of Greenland Sydgrønlands Inspektorat
Colony of Denmark–Norway (1782–1814) ; Colony of Denmark (1814–1950)
1782–1950
	Flag of Denmark Coat of arms
	; South Greenland (dark green) in 1815
Capital	Godthaab
Government
• Type	Monarchy
Monarch
• 1782–1730	Christian VII first
• 1947–1950	Frederik IX last
Governor/Royal inspectors
• 1782–1789	Bendt Olrik first
• 1945–1950	Carl Fredrik Simony last
History
• Established	1782
• Disestablished	1950
	Succeeded by
Colony of Greenland
Today part of	Kingdom of Denmark Greenland;

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.

History

West Greenland was divided into the Southern Inspectorate and the Northern Inspectorate (North Greenland) from 1782. The boundary between the two ran at around 68°N latitude.^[1] The Southern Inspectorate's northernmost town was Holstensborg, now Sisimiut, south of Egedesminde, now Aasiaat, which was the southernmost town of North Greenland. The Southern Inspectorate extended southwards to 59°30'N,^[1] or to the southernmost point of Greenland. The capital was at Godthaab (modern Nuuk).^[2]

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.

South Greenland and North Greenland were merged in 1950,^[3] with the administration centralized at Godthaab.

References

^ ^a ^b Bell, James (1831). A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific. Vol. 5. p. 281.
^ Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.
^ 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.

[Bell-1] Bell, James (1831). A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific. Vol. 5. p. 281.

[2] Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.

[3] 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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v t e Former administrative divisions of Greenland (until 31 December 2008)
Norse Greenland	Eastern Settlement (Eystribygð) (c. 985–c. 1400) Western Settlement (Vestribygð) (c. 985–c. 1400)
Danish colonies	North Greenland (Nordgrønland) (1782–1950) South Greenland (Sydgrønland) (1782–1950) Colony of Greenland (1950–1953)
Counties	County of Greenland (1950–1979) Avannaa (Nordgrønland) (1979–2008) Kitaa (Vestgrønland) (1979–2008) Tunu (Østgrønland) (1979–2008)
Municipalities	Aasiaat Ammassalik Ilulissat Ittoqqortoormiit Ivittuut Kangaatsiaq Maniitsoq Nanortalik Narsaq Nuuk Paamiut Qaanaaq Qaqortoq Qasigiannguit Qeqertarsuaq Sisimiut Upernavik Uummannaq Vaigat (from 1972 part of Qeqertarsuaq Municipality)
Unincorporated areas	Kangerlussuaq (from 2002 part of Sisimiut Municipality) Pituffik Northeast Greenland National Park
See also	Current administrative divisions of Greenland

History

See also

References