| Southern Inspectorate of Greenland Sydgrønlands Inspektorat | |||||||
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| Colony ofDenmark–Norway(1728–1814) Colony ofDenmark(1814–1950) | |||||||
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 South Greenland (dark green) in 1815 | |||||||
| Capital | Godthaab | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Type | Monarchy | ||||||
| Monarch | |||||||
• 1728–1730 | Frederick IVfirst | ||||||
• 1947–1950 | Frederik IXlast | ||||||
| Governor/Royal inspectors | |||||||
• 1782–1789 | Bendt Olrikfirst | ||||||
• 1945–1950 | Carl Fredrik Simonylast | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1728 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1950 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Kingdom of Denmark | ||||||
TheSouthern Inspectorate of Greenland (Danish:Sydgrønlands Inspektorat), also known asSouth Greenland, was aDanishinspectorate onGreenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the southwest coast of the island. Its capital was atGodthaab (modern Nuuk).[1] The northernmost town of South Greenland wasHolsteinborg, which borderedEgedesminde, which was the southernmost town ofNorth Greenland. This boundary between South and North Greenland ran at around68°Ndegree of latitude, and in the South, South Greenland stretched to 59°30'N,[2] or to the southernmost point of Greenland.
In 1911, as the administration of the colony was removed from theRoyal Greenland Trading Department and folded into theDanish 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 withNorth Greenland in 1950.[verification needed]
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