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Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005. p. 48
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1752:. Translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen. Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2010.
16:
Cronological list of colonial governors that ruled the Danish colony on the Gold Coast
1853:
1679:
269:
212:
1740:
was bestowed on three individuals before 1766: von
Gronstein; Crull; and Prang.
72:
1750:
Closing the Books: Governor Edward
Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842–50
1707:
Danish: means Factor (agent); Factor, also rendered as
Station Chief
111:
Danish Gold Coast
Settlements established on the eastern Gold Coast
1832:
37:
26:
62:
52:
25:
was established on the eastern Gold Coast (present-day
1718:Danish Sources for the History of Ghana 1657–1754
8:
1771:Colonial Heads of Brandenburger Gold Coast
199:Governor—1st to be designated as governor
85:
1781:Colonial Heads of Portuguese Gold Coast
1700:
1786:Colonial Heads of Prussian Gold Coast
531:18 September 1727 to 24 December 1728
7:
1791:Colonial Heads of Swedish Gold Coast
1766:Colonial Heads of Ghana (Gold Coast)
1276:5 September 1821 to 23 December 1823
1141:31 December 1799 to 3 December 1802
1106:Baron Christian Friedrich von Hager
848:14 February 1762 to 20 October 1766
1860:Governors of the Danish Gold Coast
1776:Colonial Heads of Dutch Gold Coast
1394:21 October 1831 to 4 December 1831
1375:29 January 1831 to 21 October 1831
1335:30 September 1827 to 1 August 1828
1257:1 January 1821 to 5 September 1821
867:20 October 1766 to 11 January 1768
550:24 December 1728 to 12 August 1735
455:25 January 1722 to 22 January 1723
398:17 August 1711 to 26 November 1717
322:11 September 1703 to 23 April 1704
303:23 December 1698 to 31 August 1703
14:
1655:10 April 1847 to 20 February 1850
829:11 March 1757 to 14 February 1762
512:4 March 1727 to 18 September 1727
417:26 November 1717 to 6 August 1720
1561:Bernhard Johan Christian Wilkens
1455:21 July 1833 to 26 December 1834
1354:1 August 1828 to 20 January 1831
1160:3 December 1802 to 15 April 1807
1120:October 1795 to 31 December 1799
1000:21 April 1788 to 23 October 1789
981:2 December 1780 to 21 April 1788
645:3 February 1744 to 11 March 1745
474:22 January 1723 to 27 April 1724
436:6 August 1720 to 24 January 1722
284:10 June 1698 to 23 December 1698
1870:European colonisation of Africa
1678:Gold Coast Settlements sold to
1575:26 August 1842 to 15 March 1844
1518:19 March 1839 to 18 August 1839
1413:4 December 1831 to 1 March 1833
1314:7 May 1825 to 30 September 1827
1300:Johan Christopher von Richelieu
1224:Jens Nikolas Cornelius Reiersen
1101:3 August 1793 to 17 August 1795
962:24 June 1777 to 2 December 1780
1639:Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
1634:9 August 1844 to 10 April 1847
1580:Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
1295:23 December 1823 to 7 May 1825
1200:3 March 1817 to 5 October 1817
886:11 January 1768 to 2 July 1769
683:23 March 1745 to 23 April 1745
664:11 March 1745 to 23 March 1745
626:26 May 1743 to 3 February 1744
569:12 August 1735 to 14 June 1736
1:
1615:5 July 1844 to 9 October 1844
1556:24 May 1842 to 26 August 1842
1537:18 August 1839 to 24 May 1842
1181:15 April 1807 to 1 March 1817
1082:30 June 1793 to 3 August 1793
810:21 July 1752 to 11 March 1757
702:23 April 1745 to 21 June 1746
493:27 April 1724 to 1 March 1727
377:25 May 1705 to 17 August 1711
1843:Heads of Government of Ghana
1596:18 March 1844 to 5 July 1844
1434:1 March 1833 to 21 July 1833
1238:6 May 1819 to 1 January 1821
1219:5 October 1817 to 6 May 1819
1019:23 October 1789 to July 1792
943:15 June 1772 to 24 June 1777
924:11 June 1770 to 15 June 1772
791:8 March 1751 to 21 July 1752
772:6 March 1751 to 8 March 1751
588:14 June 1736 to 20 June 1740
479:Christian Andreas Syndermann
1875:Ghana history-related lists
905:2 July 1769 to 11 June 1770
607:20 June 1740 to 26 May 1743
341:23 April 1704 to 5 May 1705
79:(Dates in italics indicate
1891:
1682:and incorporated into the
1165:Johan Peter David Wrisberg
1125:Johan Peter David Wrisberg
707:August Frederik Hackenburg
194:Bartholomaus von Gronstein
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777:Magnus Christopher Lützow
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360:5 May 1705 to 25 May 1705
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94:
91:
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1798:Brandenburger Gold Coast
1005:Johan Friedrich Kipnasse
83:continuation of office)
1838:Heads of State of Ghana
1504:Frederik Segfried Mørch
1482:Frederik Segfried Mørch
1380:Ludwig Vincent von Hein
1024:Andreas Rieselsen Bjørn
967:Johan Conrad von Hemsen
612:Peter Nikolaj Jørgensen
1865:History of West Africa
910:Joachim Christian Otto
891:Frantz Joachim Kuhberg
555:Anders Pedersen Waerøe
1818:Portuguese Gold Coast
1439:Heinrich Gerhard Lind
1399:Helmut von Arenstorff
1359:Heinrich Gerhard Lind
1205:Johan Emanuel Rechter
948:Niels Urban Aarestrup
929:Johan Daniel Frøhlich
593:Enevold Nielson Boris
1474:26 December 1834 to
1262:Peter Svane Steffens
1243:Christian Svanekjaer
1186:Christian Schiønning
631:Christian Glob Dorph
1823:Prussian Gold Coast
1660:Rasmus Eric Schmidt
1146:Johan David Ahnholm
744:Danish crown colony
460:Niels Jensen Østrup
44:Fort Christiansborg
1828:Swedish Gold Coast
1803:British Gold Coast
1716:Ole Justesen, ed.
853:Carl Gottleb Resch
574:Severin Schilderup
382:Erik Olsen Lygaard
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1460:Edvard von Gandil
1340:Jens Peter Flindt
1281:Matthias Thønning
986:Jens Adolph Kjoge
872:Christian Tychsen
801:acting Opperhoved
536:Andreas Willumsen
368:acting Opperhoved
351:acting Opperhoved
101:Danish Suzerainty
23:Danish Gold Coast
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1601:Edvard Ericksen
1589:
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1584:
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1324:acting Governor
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1286:acting Governor
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1151:acting Governor
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1061:25 January 1793
1051:acting Governor
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1028:
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1736:The title of
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1418:Niels Brøch
1319:Niels Brøch
815:Carl Engman
403:Bfantz Boye
308:John Trawne
158:Jost Cramer
1854:Categories
1695:References
1542:Lucas Dall
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294:Opperhoved
275:Opperhoved
237:Opperhoved
232:Peter With
180:Opperhoved
163:Opperhoved
144:Opperhoved
127:Opperhoved
92:Incumbent
517:Fred Pahl
422:Knud Røst
81:de facto
1760:See also
1738:Governor
1649:2nd Term
1644:Governor
1590:1st Term
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1428:2nd Term
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1385:Governor
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1175:2nd Term
1170:Governor
1135:1st Term
1130:Governor
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392:2nd Term
256:Governor
218:Governor
1680:Britain
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1833:Ghana
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27:Ghana
1722:ISBN
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