Royal Inspector was the highest ranking colonial officer inDanish-ruledGreenland from 1782 until 1924. They were agents of theRoyal Greenland Trading Department established by itsInstruction of 1782 and reported to the Board of Managers of the company in Copenhagen.[1]
As senior agents of the company, they were generally forbidden under the Instruction from marrying any non-European women, though InspectorNicolai Zimmer's wife was half-Inuit.[1]
East Greenland comprised the east coast, withAmmassalik andScoresbysund.