This is a list of governors of Greenland. The position was established, after the positions of inspectors of Greenland was abolished.
List of officeholders
Governor of Greenland (1925–1979)
Philip R. Rosendahl 1925–1939
Eske Brun 1939-1945
Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony 1945-1950
Poul Hugo Lundsteen 1950-1960
Niels Otto Christensen 1960-1973
Hans Lassen 1973-1979
Prime Minister of Greenland
Jonathan Motzfeldt 1979-2002
Hans Enoksen 14 December 2002 – 12 June 2009
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist 12 June 2009 – 5 April 2013
Aleqa Hammond 5 April 2013 – 30 September 2014
Kim Kielsen 30 September 2014 – 23 April 2021
Múte Bourup Egede 23 April 2021-
Royal Inspectors of North Greenland
North Greenland comprised the northwest coast of Greenland between Holsteinsborg and Upernavik.
- Johan Friedrich Schwabe (1782–1786)
- Jens Clausen Wille (1786–1790)
- Børge Johan Schultz (1790–1797)
- Claus Bendeke (1797–1803)
- Peter Hanning Motzfeldt (1803–1817)
- Johannes West (1817–1825)
- Carl Peter Holbøll (1825–1828)
- Ludvig Fasting (1828–1843)
- Hans Peter Christian Møller (1843–1845)
- Nicolai Zimmer (1845–1846)
- Christian Søren Marcus Olrik (1846–1866)
- Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe (1866–1867)
- Sophus Theodor Krarup-Smith (1867–1882)
- Hjalmar Christian Reinholdt (1882–1883) acting
- Niels Alfred Andersen (1883–1898)
- Johan Carl Joensen (1898–1900) acting
- Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1900–1912)
- Anders Peter Olsen (1912–1913) acting
- Harald Lindow (1913–1924)
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Royal Inspectors of South Greenland
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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