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 (Danish: landsfogeder) were collected into the Governor of all of Greenland (Danish: landshøvding). The position was abolished in 1979, following Greenland's gain of home rule.
List of officeholders
Superintendent of Greenland (1728–1730)
| No.
|
Name
(birth–death)
|
Term of office
|
Ref.
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
| 1
|
Major
Claus Paarss
(1683–1762)
|
1728
|
1730
|
1–2 years
|
|
Poul Hansen Egede (1730–1789)
Governor of North Greenland (1925–1950)
- Nordgrønlands landsfoged
| No.
|
Name
(birth–death)
|
Term of office
|
Ref.
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
| 1
|
Philip R. Rosendahl
(1810–1988)
|
1925
|
1928
|
2–3 years
|
|
| –
|
Jørgen Berthelsen [de]
(1895–1989)
Acting
|
1928
|
1929
|
0–1 years
|
|
| (1)
|
Philip R. Rosendahl
(1810–1988)
|
1929
|
1939
|
9–10 years
|
|
| 2
|
Eske Brun
(1904–1987)
|
1939
|
1945
|
5–6 years
|
|
| –
|
Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony [de]
(1909–1983)
Acting
|
1945
|
1947
|
1–2 years
|
|
| –
|
Niels Otto Christensen [de]
(1917–2003)
Acting
|
1947
|
1950
|
2–3 years
|
|
Governor of South Greenland (1925–1950)
- Sydgrønlands landsfoged
| No.
|
Name
(birth–death)
|
Term of office
|
Ref.
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
| 1
|
Knud Oldendow [de]
(1892–1975)
|
1925
|
1932
|
6–7 years
|
|
| 2
|
Aksel Svane [da]
(1898–1991)
|
1932
|
1941
|
8–9 years
|
|
| –
|
Eske Brun
(1904–1987)
Acting
|
1941
|
1945
|
3–4 years
|
|
| 3
|
Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony [de]
(1909–1983)
|
1945
|
1950
|
4–5 years
|
|
Governor of Greenland (1950–1979)
- Grønlands landshøvding
| No.
|
Name
(birth–death)
|
Term of office
|
Ref.
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
| 1
|
Poul Hugo Lundsteen [de]
(1910–1988)
|
1950
|
1960
|
9–10 years
|
|
| –
|
Finn C. Nielsen [de]
(1913–1995)
Acting
|
1960
|
1963
|
2–3 years
|
|
| 3
|
Niels Otto Christensen [de]
(1917–2003)
|
1963
|
1973
|
9–10 years
|
|
| 4
|
Hans Lassen
(1926–2011)
|
1973
|
1979
|
5–6 years
|
|
