Greenland
 
Greenland, coat of arms
Since 1470, Adopted 01 May 1989
 
983-1129 Norse colonisation
1261-1380 To Norway
1380-     To Denmark
1953-1979 Danish Province
1979-     Autonomy
 
Rulers
983-1010 Eiríkr Thorvaldsson "The Red"
1010-1020 Leifr Eiríksson
1020-10?? Thórgils Leifrsson
1110-11?? Eirikr Gnupasson
1120-1129 Sokki Thorisson
 
Governors
01 Jun 1950 - 31 Aug 1960 Poul Hugo Lundsteen ................ 1910-1988
01 Sep 1960 - 31 May 1963 Finn Carl Nielsen .................. 1913-1995
01 Jun 1963 - 31 Dec 1972 Niels Otto Christensen
01 Jan 1973 - 30 Apr 1979 Hans Lassen
High Commissioners
01 May 1979 - 13 Jul 1992 Torben Hede Pedersen
13 Jul 1992 - 30 Jun 1995 Steen Spore
01 Jul 1995 - 31 Mar 2002 Gunnar Martens
01 Apr 2002 - 31 Mar 2005 Peter Lauritzen
01 Apr 2005 - 31 Mar 2011 Søren Hald Møller
01 Apr 2011 -             Mikaela Engell ..................... 1956-
 
Prime Ministers
1967 - 1971               Erling Høegh ....................... 1924-1993
       1971 - 30 Apr 1979 Lars Chemnitz ...................... 1925-2006
01 May 1979 - 18 Mar 1991 Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt 1938-2010
                          (1st Time)
18 Mar 1991 - 19 Sep 1997 Lars Emil Johansen
19 Sep 1997 - 19 Sep 2002 Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt(2nd Time)
19 Sep 2002 - 12 Jun 2009 Hans Enoksen
12 Jun 2009 - 05 Apr 1983 Jakup Edvard Kuupik Vandersee Kleist 1958-
05 Apr 2013 - 15 Oct 2014 Aleqa Hammond Nyegaard ............. 1965-
15 Oct 2014 -             Kim Kielsen ........................ 1966-
                          (acting 30 Sep - 15 Dec 2014)
 

East Greenland

 

Governor

1933 - 1950                Ejnar Mikkelsen ................... 1880-1971


North Greenland

 

Governors

1782 - 1786               Johan Friedrich Schwabe

1786 - 1790               Jens Clausen Wille

1790 - 1797               Børge Johan Schultz

1797 - 1803               Claus Bendeke

1803 - 1817               Peter Hanning Motzfeldt

1815 - 1817               Frederik Diderick Sechmann Fleischer

1817 - 1825               Johannes West

 

1825 - 1828               Carl Peter Holbøll

1828 - 1843               Ludvig Fasting

1843 - 1845               Hans Peter Christian Møller

1845 - 1846               Nicolai Zimmer

1846 - 1866               Christian Søren Marcus Olrik

1866 - 1867               Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe

1867 - 1882               Sophus Theodor Krarup-Smith

1882 - 1883               Hjalmar Christian Reinholdt Knuthsen

                          (acting)

1883 - 1898               Niels Alfred Andersen

1898 - 1900               Johan Carl Joensen

                          (acting)

1900 - 1912               Jens Daugaard-Jensen

1912 - 1913               Anders Peter Olsen

                          (acting)

1913 - 1924               Harald Lindow

1925 - 1928               Philip R. Rosendahl ................ 1893-1974

                          (1st Time, acting)

1928 - 1929               Jørgen Berthelsen

1929 - 1939               Philip R. Rosendahl (2nd time)

1939 - 1945               Eske Brun

1945 - 1947               Carl Fredrik Simony

1947 - 1950               Niels Otto Christensen ............. 1917-2003


South Greenland 

 

Governors

1782 - 1789               Bendt Olrik

1789 - 1795               Andreas Molbech Lund

1795 - 1797               Claus Bendeke

1797 - 1802               Niels Rosing Bull

1802 - 1821               Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort

                          (acting to 1803)

1821 - 1823               Christian Alexander Platou

                          (1st time)(acting)

1823 - 1824               Arent Christopher Heilmann

                          (acting)

1824 - 1827               Christian Alexander Platou

                          (2nd time) 

1827 - 1828               Ove Valentin Kielsen

1828 - 1856               Carl Peter Holbøll

1856 - 1857               Jørgen Nielsen Møller

                          (acting)

1857 - 1868               Hinrich Johannes Rink

1868 - 1869               Albert E. Blichfeldt Høyer

1870 - 1882               Hannes Peter Stephensen

1882 - 1884               Frederik Tryde Lassen

                          (acting)

1884 - 1890               Carl Julius Peter Ryberg

1890 - 1891               Johan Carl Joansen

                          (acting)

1891 - 1892               Conrad Poul Emil Brummerstedt

                          (acting)

1892 - 1899               Edgar Christian Fencker

1899 - 1902               Regnar Stephensen

1902 - 1903               Oscar Peter Cornelius Koch

1903 - 1914               Ole Bendixen

1914 - 1915               Oluf Hastrup

1915 - 1923               Carl Frederik Harries

1924                      Christian Simony (acting)

1924 - 1932               Knud Honore Petersen Oldenow

1932 - 1941               Aksel Svane

1941 - 1945               Eske Brun

1945 - 1950               Carl Fredrik Simony


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