Denmark

• Danish West Indies
  Danish West Indies
  The Danish West Indies or "Danish Antilles", were a colony of Denmark-Norway and later Denmark in the Caribbean. They were sold to the United States in 1916 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917...
  
   - Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten
  Peter von Scholten
  Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten was Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848. He was born in Vestervig, Thy, Denmark as the son of captain Casimir von Scholten and Catharina Elisabeth de Moldrup....
  
  , Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1827-1848)
• South 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...
  
   - Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828-1856)

United Kingdom

• South Australia
  South Australia
  South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
  
   - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, Governor of South Australia (1845-1848)

See also

• List of state leaders in 1847
• List of religious leaders in 1847
• List of international organization leaders in 1847