South Greenland

For the modern municipality of "South Greenland", see Kujalleq.
Southern Inspectorate of Greenland
Sydgrønlands Inspektorat
Colony of Denmark–Norway (1782–1814)
Colony of Denmark (1814–1950)
1782–1950
Coat of arms

South Greenland (dark green) in 1815
CapitalGodthaab
Government
 • TypeMonarchy
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 ofKingdom of Denmark

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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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