List of Colonial Governors of The Danish Gold Coast

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

  • Fort Friedensborg (Ningo)
  • Fort Christiansborg
  • Fort Augustaborg (Tshi)
  • Fort Prinzenstein (Keta)
  • Fort Konigenstein (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
Heinrich Carloff,
Samuel Schmidt,
Jost Cramer,
Henning Albrecht,
Bartholomaus von Gronstein,
Conrad Crull,
Peter With,
Magnus Prang,
Erik Tylleman,
Erik Oehlsen,
John Trawne,
Hartvig Meyer,
Peter Sverdrup,
Peter Petersen,
Erik Olsen Lygaard,
Bfantz Boye,
Knud Røst,
Peter Østrup,
Niels Jensen Østrup,
Christian Andreas Syndermann,
Hendrik von Suhm,
Fred Pahl,
Andreas Willumsen,
Anders Pedersen Waerøe,
Severin Schilderup,
Enevold Nielson Boris,
Peter Nikolaj Jørgensen,
Christian Glob Dorph,
Jørgen Billsen,
Thomas Brock,
Johan Wilder,
August Frederik Hackenburg,
Joost Platfusz,
Danish crown colony
Joost Platfusz,
Magnus Christopher Lützow,
Magnus Hacksen,
Carl Engman,
Christian Jessen,
Carl Gottleb Resch,
Christian Tychsen,
Frantz Joachim Kuhberg,
Joachim Christian Otto,
Johan Daniel Frøhlich,
Niels Urban Aarestrup,
Johan Conrad von Hemsen,
Jens Adolph Kjoge,
Johan Friedrich Kipnasse,
Andreas Rieselsen Bjørn,
Andreas Hammer,
Andreas Hammer,
Bendt Olrich,
Baron Christian Friedrich von Hager,
Johan Peter David Wrisberg,
Johan David Ahnholm,
Johan Peter David Wrisberg,
Christian Schiønning,
Johan Emanuel Rechter,
Jens Nikolas Cornelius Reiersen,
Christian Svanekjaer,
Peter Svane Steffens,
Matthias Thønning,
Johan Christopher von Richelieu,
Niels Brøch,
Jens Peter Flindt,
Heinrich Gerhard Lind,
Ludwig Vincent von Hein,
Helmut von Arenstorff,
Niels Brøch,
Heinrich Gerhard Lind,
Edvard von Gandil,
Frederik Segfried Mørch,
Frederik Segfried Mørch,
Hans Angel Giede,
Lucas Dall,
Bernhard Johan Christian Wilkens,
Edvard James Arnold Carstensen,
Edvard Ericksen,
George Lutterodt,
Edvard James Arnold Carstensen,
Rasmus Eric Schmidt,
30 March 1850 Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and incorporated into the Gold Coast Colony


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