South Greenland

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

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.

Southern Inspectorate of Greenland Sydgrønlands Inspektorat
Colony of Denmark–Norway (1782–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950)
1782–1950
Flag of Denmark Coat of arms
South Greenland (dark green) in 1815
Capital	Godthaab
Government
• Type	Monarchy
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 of	Kingdom of Denmark Greenland

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

• List of inspectors of Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony from 1782 to 1924
• List of governors of South Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony from 1924 to 1950