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.

Governor of Greenland
Precursor	Inspectors of Greenland
Formation	1925
First holder	Philip R. Rosendahl (North) Knud Oldendow (South)
Final holder	Hans Lassen
Abolished	1 May 1979
Succession	Prime Minister of Greenland

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 (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 (1909–1983) Acting	1945	1947	1–2 years
–	Niels Otto Christensen (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 (1892–1975)	1925	1932	6–7 years
2	Aksel Svane (1898–1991)	1932	1941	8–9 years
–	Eske Brun (1904–1987) Acting	1941	1945	3–4 years
3	Carl Frederik Bistrup Simony (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 (1910–1988)	1950	1960	9–10 years
–	Finn C. Nielsen (1913–1995) Acting	1960	1963	2–3 years
3	Niels Otto Christensen (1917–2003)	1963	1973	9–10 years
4	Hans Lassen (1926–2011)	1973	1979	5–6 years

See also

• List of inspectors of Greenland, for colonial administrators before 1924
• Prime Minister of Greenland, for administrators after the institution of Home Rule in 1979
• List of Danish High Commissioners in Greenland