List of Danish colonial trading posts and settlements
The following were trading posts and settlements owned by the Danish colonial empire and respective Chartered companies:
Europe
[edit]Iceland 1602 – 1786
[edit]- Ísafjörður
- Reykjarfjörður
- Þingeyri
- Bíldudalur
- Patreksfjörður
- Stykkishólmur
- Ólafsvík
- Grundarfjörður
- Búðir
- Arnarstapi
- Keflavík
- básendar
- Grindavík
- Reykjavík
- Hafnarfjörður
- Eyrarbakki
- Vestmannaeyjar
- Skagaströnd
- Akureyri
- Húsavík
- Vopnafjörður
- Reyðarfjörður
- Djúpivogur
Svalbard
[edit]- Smeerenburg 1619 – 1625[1]
- Cookery of Harlingen 1630s
Americas
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Churchill River (Nova Dania) September 1619 – 16 July 1620[2]
- Saint John (Sankt Jan) 1671 – 1917
- Saint Thomas (Sankt Thomas) 1671 – 1917
- Saint Croix (Sankt Croix) 15 June 1733 – 1917
- Crab Island (Krabbe Øen) 1698 – 1763[3]
- Nuuk (Godthaab) 1728 – 1950
- Qasigiannguit (Christianshaab) 1734 – 1950
- Ilulissat (Jacobshavn) 1741 – 1950
- Paamiut (Frederikshåb) 1742 – 1950
- Ilimanaq (Claushavn) 1752 – 1950
- Qeqertarsuatsiaat (Fiskenæsset) 1754 – 1950
- Ritenbenck 1755 – 1950
- Uummannaq (Umanak) 1758 – 1950
- Aasiaat (Egedesminde) 1759 – 1950
- Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) 1764 – 1950
- Upernavik 1772 – 1950
- Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) 10 July 1773 – 1950
Africa
[edit]- São Tomé Island (unknown date)[4]
- Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg) 1658 – 1664
- Anomabu 1658 – 1659
- Cape Coast Castle (Fort Carlsborg) 1658 – 1664
- Fort Frederiksborg 1659 – 1685
- Cong Heights 1659 – 1661
- Fort Fredensborg 1734 – 1850
- Fort Prinzenstein (Fort Prinsensten) 1784 – 1850
- Fort Kongenstein (Fort Kongensten) 1784 – 1850
- Fort Augustaborg 1784 – 1850
Morocco 1755-1766
[edit]Sierra Leone
[edit]- Bagos 1661 – 1662[4]
Asia
[edit]Ceylon
[edit]- Trincomalee 1619 – 1622[6]
- Tranquebar (Trankebar) 1620 – 1801, 1802 – 1808, 1818 – 1845
- Machilipatnam 1625 – 1643
- Balasore 1625 – 1643, 1763 – 1845
- Pipli 1625 – 1640
- Oddeway Torre 1696 – 1722
- Gondalpara (Dannemarksnagore) 1698 – 1714
- Calicut 1752 – 1791
- Colachel 1755 – 1808
- Serampore (Frederiknagore) 1755 – 1801, 1802 – 1808, 1818 – 1845
- Patna 1772 – 1827[7][8]
- Pondicherry (Polesere) c. 1635 – 1675[9]
- Cuddalore[10]
- Tegnapatnam[10]
- Madras[10]
- Porto Novo[10]
- Hugli-Chuchura[10]
- Tellingapore 1708 – 1714[10]
- Allepey[10]
- Cannanore[10]
- Cochin[10]
- Ganjam[10]
- Holcheri[10]
- Agra[11]
Nicobar Islands (Frederiksøerne)
[edit]- Great Nicobar Island 1754/56 – 1760[4]
- Kamorta Island (Frederikshøj) 1760 – 1768[4]
- Nancowry Island (Ny Sjælland) 1768 – 1773, 1784 – 1807/9, 1830 – 1834, 1846 – 1868[4]
East Indies
[edit]Thailand
[edit]China
[edit]Persia
[edit]Yemen
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dalgård (1962), p. 146-47, 253
- ^ Mowat, Farley (1973). Ordeal by ice; the search for the Northwest Passage. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd. p. 111. OCLC 1391959.
- ^ Madsen, Emil. De vigtigste af danske foretagne Rejser og Forskninger i Amerika (in Danish). Tidsskrift. p. 105.
- ^ a b c d e Ramerini, Marco (2014-02-19). "List of Danish colonial forts and possessions". Colonial Voyage. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Madsen, Emil (1914). De vigtigste af danske foretagne Rejser og Forskninger i Afrika (in Danish). Vol. 22. Geografisk Tidsskrift. pp. 121–128.
- ^ P. E., Pieris (1920). Ceylon and the Portuguese (PDF). The University of California Los Angeles. pp. 197–206.
- ^ Lisberg, Bering (2020). Danmarks søfart og søhandel (in Danish). SAGA Egmont.
- ^ a b "Så stort har Danmark været". videnskab.dk (in Danish). 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ Chopra, Pran Nath (1992). Encyclopaedia of India: Pondicherry. Rima Publishing House. p. 425.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Diller, Stephan (1999). Die Dänen in Indien, Südostasien und China (1620-1845) (in German). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 137–139. ISBN 978-3-447-04123-2.
- ^ "die dänen in indien, südostasien und china (1620-1845) - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ a b c d e f Bredsdorff, Asta (2009). The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 90–102.
- ^ a b Wellen, Kathryn (2015). The Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, 1642-1698 (PDF). Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. p. 446.