North Greenland Nord Grønland (Danish)
Colony of Denmark–Norway (1721–1814) Colony of Denmark (1814–1950)
1721–1950
Flag of Denmark Coat of arms
North Greenland (dark green) in 1815
Capital	Godhavn
Government
• Type	Monarchy
Monarch
• 1721–1730	Frederick IV first
• 1947–1950	Frederik IX last
Governor/Royal inspectors
• 1782–1786	Johan Friedrich Schwabe first
• 1945–1950	Carl Fredrik Simony last
History
• Established	1721
• Disestablished	1950
Succeeded by Colony of Greenland
Today part of	Kingdom of Denmark Greenland

The Northern Inspectorate of Greenland also known as North Greenland was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the northwest coast of the island.

History

North Greenland was established in 1721.^[1] Its capital was at Godhavn (modern Qeqertarsuaq).^[2] The southernmost town of North Greenland was Egedesminde, which bordered Holsteinborg, which was the northernmost town of South Greenland. This boundary between North and South Greenland ran at around 68°N latitude, and in the North, North Greenland stretched to 78°N^[3] to enclose Thule.

In 1911, as the administration of the colony was removed from the Royal Greenland Trading Department and folded into the Danish Ministry of the Interior, a provincial council (Danish: landsråd) was established. It was elected indirectly from the local councils and had little say in the management of the colony.

North Greenland was united with South Greenland in 1950,^[4] with the administration for the northern settlements moved to Godthaab (modern Nuuk).