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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.
| Northern Inspectorate of Greenland Nordgrønlands Inspektorat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colony of Denmark–Norway (1721–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950) | |||||||
| 1721–1950 | |||||||
Coat of arms | |||||||
 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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North Greenland was established in 1721.[1] Its capital was at Godhavn (modern Qeqertarsuaq).[2] The southernmost town of North Greenland was Egedesminde, which bordered Holsteinborg, which was the northernmost town of South Greenland. This boundary between North and South Greenland ran at around 68°N latitude, and in the North, North Greenland stretched to 78°N[3] to enclose Thule.
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.
North Greenland was united with South Greenland in 1950,[4] with the administration for the northern settlements moved to Godthaab (modern Nuuk).
- List of inspectors of North Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1782 and 1924
- List of governors of North Greenland, for the chief officers of the colony between 1924 and 1950
- Avannaa County, Greenland, a former administrative division of Greenland also known as "North Greenland" in English
- South Greenland
- ^ International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, An Indigenous Parliament?, IWGIA, 2005, p. 156.
- ^ Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.
- ^ James Bell: A System of Geography. Glasgow 1892. p. 281 CHAP. III-GREENLAND.
- ^ Etableringen af Landsrådene (The Creation of Local Councils of Greenland, 1911-2011), cites the laws of 27 May 1950 merging both local councils, with an election in 1951.