List of colonial governors of the Danish Gold Coast
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The Danish Gold Coast was established on the eastern Gold Coast (present-day Ghana):
- Fort Fredensborg (Ningo)
- Fort Christiansborg
- Fort Augustaborg (Tshi)
- Fort Prinsensten (Keta)
- Fort Kongensten (Ada).
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Danish Suzerainty | ||
| 1657–8 | Danish Gold Coast Settlements established on the eastern Gold Coast | |
| 1658 | Heinrich Carloff, Opperhoved[1] | |
| 1659 | Samuel Schmidt, Opperhoved | |
| 1659 to 1662 | Jost Cramer, Opperhoved | |
| 1662 to 1668 | Henning Albrecht, Opperhoved | |
| 1668 to 1674 | Bartholomaus von Gronstein, Governor—1st to be designated as governor | |
| 1674 to 1677 | Conrad Crull, Governor[2] | |
| 1677 to 1681 | Peter With, Opperhoved | |
| 1681 | Magnus Prang, Governor[3] | |
| to 1698 | Erik Tylleman, Opperhoved | |
| 10 June 1698 to 23 December 1698 | Erik Oehlsen, Opperhoved | |
| 23 December 1698 to 31 August 1703 | John Trawne, Opperhoved | |
| 11 September 1703 to 23 April 1704 | Hartvig Meyer, Opperhoved | |
| 23 April 1704 to 5 May 1705 | Peter Sverdrup, acting Opperhoved | |
| 5 May 1705 to 25 May 1705 | Peter Petersen, acting Opperhoved | |
| 25 May 1705 to 17 August 1711 | Erik Olsen Lygaard, Opperhoved | 2nd Term |
| 17 August 1711 to 26 November 1717 | Bfantz Boye, Opperhoved | |
| 26 November 1717 to 6 August 1720 | Knud Røst, Opperhoved | |
| 6 August 1720 to 24 January 1722 | Peter Østrup, Opperhoved | |
| 25 January 1722 to 22 January 1723 | Niels Jensen Østrup, Opperhoved | |
| 22 January 1723 to 27 April 1724 | Christian Andreas Syndermann, Opperhoved | |
| 27 April 1724 to 1 March 1727 | Hendrik von Suhm, Opperhoved | |
| 4 March 1727 to 18 September 1727 | Fred Pahl, Opperhoved | |
| 18 September 1727 to 24 December 1728 | Andreas Willumsen, Opperhoved | |
| 24 December 1728 to 12 August 1735 | Anders Pedersen Waerøe, Opperhoved | |
| 12 August 1735 to 14 June 1736 | Severin Schilderup, Opperhoved | |
| 14 June 1736 to 20 June 1740 | Enevold Nielson Boris, Opperhoved | |
| 20 June 1740 to 26 May 1743 | Peter Nikolaj Jørgensen, Opperhoved | |
| 26 May 1743 to 3 February 1744 | Christian Glob Dorph, Opperhoved | |
| 3 February 1744 to 11 March 1745 | Jørgen Billsen, Opperhoved | |
| 11 March 1745 to 23 March 1745 | Thomas Brock, Opperhoved | |
| 23 March 1745 to 23 April 1745 | Johan Wilder, Opperhoved | |
| 23 April 1745 to 21 June 1746 | August Frederik Hackenburg, Opperhoved | |
| 21 June 1746 to 1750 | Joost Platfusz, Opperhoved | |
| Danish crown colony | ||
| 1750 to 6 March 1751 | Joost Platfusz, Opperhoved | |
| 6 March 1751 to 8 March 1751 | Magnus Christopher Lützow, Opperhoved | |
| 8 March 1751 to 21 July 1752 | Magnus Hacksen, acting Opperhoved | |
| 21 July 1752 to 11 March 1757 | Carl Engman, Opperhoved | |
| 11 March 1757 to 14 February 1762 | Christian Jessen, Opperhoved | |
| 14 February 1762 to 20 October 1766 | Carl Gottleb Resch, Opperhoved | |
| 20 October 1766 to 11 January 1768 | Christian Tychsen, Governor | |
| 11 January 1768 to 2 July 1769 | Frantz Joachim Kuhberg, Governor | |
| 2 July 1769 to 11 June 1770 | Joachim Christian Otto, acting Governor | |
| 11 June 1770 to 15 June 1772 | Johan Daniel Frøhlich, acting Governor | |
| 15 June 1772 to 24 June 1777 | Niels Urban Aarestrup, acting Governor | |
| 24 June 1777 to 2 December 1780 | Johan Conrad von Hemsen, Governor | |
| 2 December 1780 to 21 April 1788 | Jens Adolph Kjoge, acting Governor | |
| 21 April 1788 to 23 October 1789 | Johan Friedrich Kipnasse, acting Governor | |
| 23 October 1789 to July 1792 | Andreas Rieselsen Bjørn, Governor | |
| July 1792 to 25 January 1793 | Andreas Hammer, acting Governor | |
| 25 January 1793 to 30 June 1793 | Andreas Hammer, Governor | |
| 30 June 1793 to 3 August 1793 | Bendt Olrich, Governor | |
| 3 August 1793 to 17 August 1795 | Baron Christian Friedrich von Hager, Governor | |
| October 1795 to 31 December 1799 | Johan Peter David Wrisberg, Governor | 1st Term |
| 31 December 1799 to 3 December 1802 | Johan David Ahnholm, acting Governor | |
| 3 December 1802 to 15 April 1807 | Johan Peter David Wrisberg, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 15 April 1807 to 1 March 1817 | Christian Schiønning, Governor | |
| 3 March 1817 to 5 October 1817 | Johan Emanuel Rechter, Governor | |
| 5 October 1817 to 6 May 1819 | Jens Nikolas Cornelius Reiersen, acting Governor | |
| 6 May 1819 to 1 January 1821 | Christian Svanekjaer, acting Governor | |
| 1 January 1821 to 5 September 1821 | Peter Svane Steffens, Governor | |
| 5 September 1821 to 23 December 1823 | Matthias Thønning, acting Governor | |
| 23 December 1823 to 7 May 1825 | Johan Christopher von Richelieu, Governor | |
| 7 May 1825 to 30 September 1827 | Niels Brøch, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 30 September 1827 to 1 August 1828 | Jens Peter Flindt, Governor | |
| 1 August 1828 to 20 January 1831 | Heinrich Gerhard Lind, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 29 January 1831 to 21 October 1831 | Ludwig Vincent von Hein, Governor | |
| 21 October 1831 to 4 December 1831 | Helmut von Arenstorff, Governor | |
| 4 December 1831 to 1 March 1833 | Niels Brøch, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1 March 1833 to 21 July 1833 | Heinrich Gerhard Lind, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 21 July 1833 to 26 December 1834 | Edvard von Gandil, acting Governor | |
| 26 December 1834 to 19 August 1837 | Frederik Segfried Mørch, acting Governor | |
| 19 August 1837 to 18 March 1839 | Frederik Segfried Mørch, Governor | |
| 19 March 1839 to 18 August 1839 | Hans Angel Giede, acting Governor | |
| 18 August 1839 to 24 May 1842 | Lucas Dall, acting Governor | |
| 24 May 1842 to 26 August 1842 | Bernhard Johan Christian Wilkens, acting Governor | |
| 26 August 1842 to 15 March 1844 | Edvard James Arnold Carstensen, acting Governor[4] | 1st Term |
| 18 March 1844 to 5 July 1844 | Edvard Ericksen, acting Governor | |
| 5 July 1844 to 9 October 1844 | George Lutterodt, acting Governor | |
| 9 August 1844 to 10 April 1847 | Edvard James Arnold Carstensen, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 10 April 1847 to 20 February 1850 | Rasmus Eric Schmidt, acting Governor | |
| 30 March 1850 | Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and incorporated into the Gold Coast Colony | |
References
[edit]- ^ Danish: means Factor (agent); Factor, also rendered as Station Chief
- ^ Ole Justesen, ed. Danish Sources for the History of Ghana 1657–1754 Vol. 1 (1657–1735). Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005. p. 48 ISBN 87-7304-312-5
- ^ The title of Governor was bestowed on three individuals before 1766: von Gronstein; Crull; and Prang.
- ^ Closing the Books: Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842–50. Translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen. Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2010.