South Greenland

The Southern Inspectorate of Greenland 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).[1] 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,[2] or to the southernmost point of Greenland.

For the modern municipality of "South Greenland", see Kujalleq.

South Greenland Syd-Grønland
Colony of Denmark–Norway (1728?–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950)
1728?–1950
Flag of Denmark Coat of arms
South Greenland (dark green) in 1815
Government
• Type	Monarchy
Monarch
• 1728–1730	Frederick IV first
• 1947–1950	Frederick IX last
Governor/Royal inspectors
• 1782–1789	Bendt Olrik first
• 1945–1950	Carl Fredrik Simony last
History
• Established	1728?
• Disestablished	1950
Succeeded by Colony of Greenland (1950-1953)
Today part of	Kingdom of Denmark  Greenland

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.

See also

• List of inspectors of South Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1782 and 1924
• List of governors of South Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1924 and 1950
• North Greenland
• New South Greenland

References

1. Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.
2. James Bell: A System of Geography. Glasgow 1892 p. 281 CHAP. III-GREENLAND.