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 (Template:Langx) were collected into the Governor of all of Greenland (Template:Langx). The position was abolished in 1979, following Greenland's gain of home rule.

List of officeholders

Superintendent of Greenland (1728–1730)

Template:Abbr	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Template:Abbr
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Major Claus Paarss Template:Small	1728	1730	Template:Age in years years

Governor of North Greenland (1925–1950)

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

Governor of South Greenland (1925–1950)

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Template:Abbr	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Template:Abbr
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Template:Ill Template:Small	1925	1932	Template:Age in years years
2	Template:Ill Template:Small	1932	1941	Template:Age in years years
–	Eske Brun Template:Small	1941	1945	Template:Age in years years
3	Template:Ill Template:Small	1945	1950	Template:Age in years years

Governor of Greenland (1950–1979)

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