Cronological list of colonial governors that ruled the Danish colony on the Gold Coast
The Danish Gold Coast was established on the eastern Gold Coast (present-day Ghana):
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
References
- ^ 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.
See also