List of governors of Greenland

This is a list of governors of Greenland. The position was established, after the positions of inspectors of Greenland was abolished. In 1950, the two governors () were collected into the Governor of all of Greenland (). The position was abolished in 1979, following Greenland's gain of home rule.

List of officeholders Superintendent of Greenland (1728–1730) Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 MajorClaus Paarss 1728 1730 years

Governor of North Greenland (1925–1950)

Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Philip R. Rosendahl 1925 1928 years – 1928 1929 years (1) Philip R. Rosendahl 1929 1939 years 2 Eske Brun 1939 1945 years – 1945 1947 years – 1947 1950 years

Governor of South Greenland (1925–1950)

Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 1925 1932 years 2 1932 1941 years – Eske Brun 1941 1945 years 3 1945 1950 years

Governor of Greenland (1950–1979)

Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 1950 1960 years – Finn C. Nielsen 1960 1963 years 3 1963 1973 years 4 Hans Lassen 1973 1979 years

See also List of inspectors of Greenland, for colonial administrators before 1924 First Minister of Greenland, for administrators after the institution of Home Rule in 1979 List of Danish High Commissioners in Greenland

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