List of Governors of Greenland
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This is a list of governors of Greenland
. For leaders before this, see List of inspectors of Greenland.
in 1932 and named Eric the Red's Land.)
For leaders after this see: List of Prime Ministers of Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. For leaders before this, see List of inspectors of Greenland.
Governors of North Greenland
- Philip R. Rosendahl (1925–1928)
- Jørgen Berthelsen (1928–1929)
- Philip R. Rosendahl (1929–1939)
- Eske BrunEske BrunEske Brun was a high civil servant in Greenland and in relation to Greenland from 1932 till 1964.Brun was born in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark. His father died when he was 15 and the family moved to Ordrup north of Copenhagen...
(1939–1945) - Carl Fredrik Simony (1945–1947)
- Niels Otto Christensen (1947–1950)
Governors of South Greenland
- Knud Oldendow (1925–1932)
- Aksel Svane (1932–1941)
- Eske BrunEske BrunEske Brun was a high civil servant in Greenland and in relation to Greenland from 1932 till 1964.Brun was born in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark. His father died when he was 15 and the family moved to Ordrup north of Copenhagen...
(1941–1945) - Carl Fredrik Simony (1945–1950)
Governor of East Greenland
(annexed by NorwayNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
in 1932 and named Eric the Red's Land.)
- Helge IngstadHelge IngstadHelge Marcus Ingstad was a Norwegian explorer. After mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine, an archaeologist, in 1960 found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the Province of Newfoundland in Canada...
(1932–1933)
Governors of Greenland
- Poul Hugo Lundsteen (1950–1960)
- Finn C. Nielsen (1960–1963)
- Niels Otto Christensen (1963–1973)
- Hans Lassen (1973–1979)
For leaders after this see: List of Prime Ministers of Greenland