1815-1890 1918-1939







Greenland, 1890-1918



Greenland continued to be administered by the ROYAL GREENLAND TRADING COMPANY. The island had been given separate superintendentships in 1857. and in 1908 two Greenlandic county councils were established, one for the north and one for the south. The administration was entirely in the hands of the Danes. In 1912 the Danish government took over from the Royal Greenland Trading Company.
Greenland's main exports at the turn of the century were fur (of polar bears, seals, polar foxes), duck feathers, minerals.






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DOCUMENTS Article Greenland, from Catholic Encyclopedia
List of Inspectors of South and North Greenland respectively, from World Statesmen by Ben Cahoon
REFERENCE Article : Greenland, in : International Year Book 1898 p.379 [G]


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