List of governors of Greenland explained

Post:	Governor
Body:	Greenland
Flag:	Flag of Denmark.svg
Flagborder:	yes
Precursor:	Inspectors of Greenland
Formation:	1925
First:	Philip R. Rosendahl
Last:	Hans Lassen
Abolished:	1 May 1979
Succession:	Prime Minister 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.

List of officeholders

Superintendent of Greenland (1728–1730)

Poul Hansen Egede (1730–1789)

Governor of North Greenland (1925–1950)

Danish: Nordgrønlands landsfoged

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

Governor of South Greenland (1925–1950)

Danish: Sydgrønlands landsfoged

	Name	Term of office
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		1925	1932	years
2		1932	1941	years
–	Eske Brun	1941	1945	years
3		1945	1950	years

Governor of Greenland (1950–1979)

Danish: Grønlands landshøvding

	Name	Term of office
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		1950	1960	years
–		1960	1963	years
3		1963	1973	years
4	Hans Lassen	1973	1979	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