List of governors of the Danish West Indies information
Chronological list of governors of the Danish West Indies
Governor-General of the Danish West Indies
Danish: Generalguvernør for Dansk Vestindien
Flag of Denmark / Denmark–Norway (until 1814)
Longest in office Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten 14 July 1827 – 6 July 1848
Residence
Government House (Christiansted)
Nominator
Prime Minister of Denmark
Appointer
Monarch of Denmark
Precursor
None
Formation
1756
First holder
Christian Leberecht von Prøck
Final holder
Henri Konow (acting)
Abolished
31 March 1917
Succession
Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Map of the Danish West Indies, in Danish language.Satellite image of the U.S. Virgin Islands, taken by NASA's satellite Landsat 7.A 1976 political map of U.S. and British Virgin Islands, produced by the CIA.Map of Spanish (green), U.S. (red) and British (blue) Virgin Islands.
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