South Greenland

Southern Inspectorate of Greenland Sydgrønlands Inspektorat
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	Frederik 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
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. 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.

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.^{[verification needed]}

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

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