List of governors of Greenland

This is a list of governors of Greenland. The position was established, after the positions of inspectors of Greenland was abolished.

List of officeholders

Superintendent of Greenland

Claus Paarss 1728-1730

Poul Hansen Egede 1730–1789

Børge Johan Schultz 1790–1797

Claus Bendeke 1797–1803

Governor of Greenland (1925–1979)

Philip R. Rosendahl 1925–1939

Eske Brun 1939-1945

Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony 1945-1950

Poul Hugo Lundsteen 1950-1960

Niels Otto Christensen 1960-1973

Hans Lassen 1973-1979

Prime Minister of Greenland

Jonathan Motzfeldt 1979-2002

Hans Enoksen 14 December 2002 – 12 June 2009

Kuupik Vandersee Kleist 12 June 2009 – 5 April 2013

Aleqa Hammond 5 April 2013 – 30 September 2014

Kim Kielsen 30 September 2014 – 23 April 2021

Múte Bourup Egede 23 April 2021-

Royal Inspectors of North Greenland North Greenland comprised the northwest coast of Greenland between Holsteinsborg and Upernavik. Johan Friedrich Schwabe (1782–1786) Jens Clausen Wille (1786–1790) Børge Johan Schultz (1790–1797) Claus Bendeke (1797–1803) Peter Hanning Motzfeldt (1803–1817) Johannes West (1817–1825) Carl Peter Holbøll (1825–1828) Ludvig Fasting (1828–1843) Hans Peter Christian Møller (1843–1845) Nicolai Zimmer (1845–1846) Christian Søren Marcus Olrik (1846–1866) Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe (1866–1867) Sophus Theodor Krarup-Smith (1867–1882) Hjalmar Christian Reinholdt (1882–1883) acting Niels Alfred Andersen (1883–1898) Johan Carl Joensen (1898–1900) acting Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1900–1912) Anders Peter Olsen (1912–1913) acting Harald Lindow (1913–1924)

Royal Inspectors of South Greenland South Greenland comprised the southwest coast between Sukkertoppen and Nennortalik. Bendt Olrik (1782–1789) Andreas Molbech Lund (1789–1795) Claus Bendeke (1795–1797) Niels Rosing Bull (1797–1802) Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort (1802–1821) acting (until 1803) Christian Alexander Platou (1821–1823) acting Arent Christopher Heilmann (1823–1824) acting Christian Alexander Platou (1824–1827) Ove Valentin Kielsen (1827–1828) Carl Peter Holbøll (1828–1856) Jørgen Nielsen Møller (1856–1857) acting Hinrich Johannes Rink (1857–1868) Albert E. Blichfeldt Høyer (1868–1869) Hannes Peter Stephensen (1870–1882) Frederik Tryde Lassen (1882–1884) acting Carl Julius Peter Ryberg (1884–1890) Johan Carl Joansen (1890–1891) acting Conrad Poul Emil Brummerstedt (1891–1892) acting Edgar Christian Fencker (1892–1899) Regnar Stephensen (1899–1902) Oscar Peter Cornelius Koch (1902–1903) Ole Bendixen (1903–1914) Oluf Hastrup (1914–1915) Carl Frederik Harries (1915–1923) Christian Simony (1924) acting Knud Oldendow (1924) acting