North Greenland
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This article is about the former Danish colony. For the former Greenlandic county, see Avannaa.
The Northern Inspectorate of Greenland (Danish: Nordgrønlands Inspektorat), also known as North Greenland, was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the northwest coast of the island.
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Northern Inspectorate of Greenland Nordgrønlands Inspektorat | |||||||
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Colony of Denmark–Norway (1721–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950) | |||||||
1721–1950 | |||||||
North Greenland (dark green) in 1815 | |||||||
Capital | Godhavn | ||||||
Government | |||||||
• Type | Monarchy | ||||||
Monarch | |||||||
• 1721–1730 | Frederick IV first | ||||||
• 1947–1950 | Frederik IX last | ||||||
Governor/Royal inspectors | |||||||
• 1782–1786 | Johan Friedrich Schwabe first | ||||||
• 1945–1950 | Carl Fredrik Simony last | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1721 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1950 | ||||||
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Today part of | Kingdom of Denmark |
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