List of colonial governors of the Danish Gold Coast

Colonial Heads of the Danish Gold Coast Settlements

The Danish Gold Coast was established on the eastern Gold Coast (present-day Ghana):

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Danish Suzerainty
1657/8Danish Gold Coast Settlements established on the eastern Gold Coast
1658Heinrich Carloff, Opperhoved[1] 
1659Samuel Schmidt, Opperhoved 
1659 to 1662Jost Cramer, Opperhoved 
1662 to 1668Henning Albrecht, Opperhoved 
1668 to 1674Bartholomaus von Gronstein, Governor—1st to be designated as governor 
1674 to 1677Conrad Crull, Governor[2] 
1677 to 1681Peter With, Opperhoved 
1681Magnus Prang, Governor[3] 
to 1698Erik Tylleman, Opperhoved 
10 June 1698 to 23 December 1698Erik Oehlsen, Opperhoved 
23 December 1698 to 31 August 1703John Trawne, Opperhoved 
11 September 1703 to 23 April 1704Hartvig Meyer, Opperhoved 
23 April 1704 to 5 May 1705Peter Sverdrup, acting Opperhoved 
5 May 1705 to 25 May 1705Peter Petersen, acting Opperhoved 
25 May 1705 to 17 August 1711Erik Olsen Lygaard, Opperhoved2nd Term
17 August 1711 to 26 November 1717Bfantz Boye, Opperhoved 
26 November 1717 to 6 August 1720Knud Røst, Opperhoved 
6 August 1720 to 24 January 1722Peter Østrup, Opperhoved 
25 January 1722 to 22 January 1723Niels Jensen Østrup, Opperhoved 
22 January 1723 to 27 April 1724Christian Andreas Syndermann, Opperhoved 
27 April 1724 to 1 March 1727Hendrik von Suhm, Opperhoved 
4 March 1727 to 18 September 1727Fred Pahl, Opperhoved 
18 September 1727 to 24 December 1728Andreas Willumsen, Opperhoved 
24 December 1728 to 12 August 1735Anders Pedersen Waerøe, Opperhoved 
12 August 1735 to 14 June 1736Severin Schilderup, Opperhoved 
14 June 1736 to 20 June 1740Enevold Nielson Boris, Opperhoved 
20 June 1740 to 26 May 1743Peter Nikolaj Jørgensen, Opperhoved 
26 May 1743 to 3 February 1744Christian Glob Dorph, Opperhoved 
3 February 1744 to 11 March 1745Jørgen Billsen, Opperhoved 
11 March 1745 to 23 March 1745Thomas Brock, Opperhoved 
23 March 1745 to 23 April 1745Johan Wilder, Opperhoved 
23 April 1745 to 21 June 1746August Frederik Hackenburg, Opperhoved 
21 June 1746 to 1750Joost Platfusz, Opperhoved 
Danish crown colony
1750 to 6 March 1751Joost Platfusz, Opperhoved 
6 March 1751 to 8 March 1751Magnus Christopher Lützow, Opperhoved 
8 March 1751 to 21 July 1752Magnus Hacksen, acting Opperhoved 
21 July 1752 to 11 March 1757Carl Engman, Opperhoved 
11 March 1757 to 14 February 1762Christian Jessen, Opperhoved 
14 February 1762 to 20 October 1766Carl Gottleb Resch, Opperhoved 
20 October 1766 to 11 January 1768Christian Tychsen, Governor 
11 January 1768 to 2 July 1769Frantz Joachim Kuhberg, Governor 
2 July 1769 to 11 June 1770Joachim Christian Otto, acting Governor 
11 June 1770 to 15 June 1772Johan Daniel Frøhlich, acting Governor 
15 June 1772 to 24 June 1777Niels Urban Aarestrup, acting Governor 
24 June 1777 to 2 December 1780Johan Conrad von Hemsen, Governor 
2 December 1780 to 21 April 1788Jens Adolph Kjoge, acting Governor 
21 April 1788 to 23 October 1789Johan Friedrich Kipnasse, acting Governor 
23 October 1789 to July 1792Andreas Rieselsen Bjørn, Governor 
July 1792 to 25 January 1793Andreas Hammer, acting Governor 
25 January 1793 to 30 June 1793Andreas Hammer, Governor 
30 June 1793 to 3 August 1793Bendt Olrich, Governor 
3 August 1793 to 17 August 1795 Baron Christian Friedrich von Hager, Governor 
October 1795 to 31 December 1799Johan Peter David Wrisberg, Governor1st Term
31 December 1799 to 3 December 1802Johan David Ahnholm, acting Governor 
3 December 1802 to 15 April 1807Johan Peter David Wrisberg, Governor2nd Term
15 April 1807 to 1 March 1817Christian Schiønning, Governor 
3 March 1817 to 5 October 1817Johan Emanuel Rechter, Governor 
5 October 1817 to 6 May 1819Jens Nikolas Cornelius Reiersen, acting Governor 
6 May 1819 to 1 January 1821Christian Svanekjaer, acting Governor 
1 January 1821 to 5 September 1821Peter Svane Steffens, Governor 
5 September 1821 to 23 December 1823Matthias Thønning, acting Governor 
23 December 1823 to 7 May 1825Johan Christopher von Richelieu, Governor 
7 May 1825 to 30 September 1827Niels Brøch, acting Governor1st Term
30 September 1827 to 1 August 1828Jens Peter Flindt, Governor 
1 August 1828 to 20 January 1831Heinrich Gerhard Lind, acting Governor1st Term
29 January 1831 to 21 October 1831Ludwig Vincent von Hein, Governor 
21 October 1831 to 4 December 1831Helmut von Arenstorff, Governor 
4 December 1831 to 1 March 1833Niels Brøch, Governor2nd Term
1 March 1833 to 21 July 1833Heinrich Gerhard Lind, acting Governor2nd Term
21 July 1833 to 26 December 1834Edvard von Gandil, acting Governor 
26 December 1834 to 19 August 1837Frederik Segfried Mørch, acting Governor 
19 August 1837 to 18 March 1839Frederik Segfried Mørch, Governor 
19 March 1839 to 18 August 1839Hans Angel Giede, acting Governor 
18 August 1839 to 24 May 1842Lucas Dall, acting Governor 
24 May 1842 to 26 August 1842Bernhard Johan Christian Wilkens, acting Governor 
26 August 1842 to 15 March 1844Edvard James Arnold Carstensen, acting Governor[4]1st Term
18 March 1844 to 5 July 1844Edvard Ericksen, acting Governor 
5 July 1844 to 9 October 1844George Lutterodt, acting Governor 
9 August 1844 to 10 April 1847Edvard James Arnold Carstensen, Governor2nd Term
10 April 1847 to 20 February 1850Rasmus Eric Schmidt, acting Governor 
30 March 1850Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and incorporated into the Gold Coast Colony

References
  1. Danish: means Factor (agent); Factor, also rendered as Station Chief
  2. 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
  3. The title of Governor was bestowed on three individuals before 1766: von Gronstein; Crull; and Prang.
  4. Closing the Books: Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842–50. Translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen. Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2010.

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