Royal Inspector was the highest ranking colonial officer in Danish Greenland 1782–1924. They were agents of the Royal Greenland Trading Department established by its Instruction of 1782 and reported to the Board of Managers of the company in Copenhagen.[1]
As senior agents of the company, they were generally forbidden under the Instruction from marrying any non-European women, though Inspector Nicolai Zimmer's wife was half-Inuit.[1]
Royal Inspectors of North Greenland[edit]
North Greenland comprised the northwest coast of Greenland between Holsteinsborg and Upernavik.
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Royal Inspectors of South Greenland[edit]
South Greenland comprised the southwest coast between Sukkertoppen and Nennortalik.
- Bendt Olrik (1782–1789)
- Andreas Molbech Lund (1789–1795)
- Claus Bendeke (1795–1797)
- Niels Rosing Bull (1797–1802)
- Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort (1802–1821) acting (until 1803)
- Christian Alexander Platou (1821–1823) acting
- Arent Christopher Heilmann (1823–1824) acting
- Christian Alexander Platou (1824–1827)
- Ove Valentin Kielsen (1827–1828)
- Carl Peter Holbøll (1828–1856)
- Jørgen Nielsen Møller (1856–1857) acting
- Hinrich Johannes Rink (1857–1868)
- Albert E. Blichfeldt Høyer (1868–1869)
- Hannes Peter Stephensen (1870–1882)
- Frederik Tryde Lassen (1882–1884) acting
- Carl Julius Peter Ryberg (1884–1890)
- Johan Carl Joansen (1890–1891) acting
- Conrad Poul Emil Brummerstedt (1891–1892) acting
- Edgar Christian Fencker (1892–1899)
- Regnar Stephensen (1899–1902)
- Oscar Peter Cornelius Koch (1902–1903)
- Ole Bendixen (1903–1914)
- Oluf Hastrup (1914–1915)
- Carl Frederik Harries (1915–1923)
- Christian Simony (1924) acting
- Knud Oldendow (1924) acting
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Royal Inspector of East Greenland
East Greenland comprised the east coast, with Ammassalik and Scoresbysund.