List of Danish colonial trading posts and settlements
The following were trading posts and settlements owned by the Danish colonial empire and respective Chartered companies:
Europe[edit]
Iceland 1602 – 1786[edit]
- Ísafjörður
- Reykjarfjörður
- Þingeyri
- Bíldudalur
- Patreksfjörður
- Stykkishólmur
- Ólafsvík
- Grundarfjörður
- Búðir
- Arnarstapi
- Keflavík
- básendar
- Grindavík
- Reykjavík
- Hafnarfjörður
- Eyrarbakki
- Vestmannaeyjar
- Skagaströnd
- Akureyri
- Húsavík
- Vopnafjörður
- Reyðarfjörður
- Djúpivogur
Svalbard[edit]
- Smeerenburg 1619 – 1625[1]
- Cookery of Harlingen 1630s
Americas[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Churchill River (Nova Dania) September 1619 – 16 July 1620[2]
Caribbean[edit]
- Saint John (Sankt Jan) 1671 – 1917
- Saint Thomas (Sankt Thomas) 1671 – 1917
- Saint Croix (Sankt Croix) 15 June 1733 – 1917
Greenland[edit]
- Nuuk (Godthaab) 1728 – 1950
- Qasigiannguit (Christianshaab) 1734 – 1950
- Ilulissat (Jacobshavn) 1741 – 1950
- Paamiut (Frederikshåb) 1742 – 1950
- Ilimanaq (Claushavn) 1752 – 1950
- Qeqertarsuatsiaat (Fiskenæsset) 1754 – 1950
- Ritenbenck 1755 – 1950
- Uummannaq (Umanak) 1758 – 1950
- Aasiaat (Egedesminde) 1759 – 1950
- Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) 1764 – 1950
- Upernavik 1772 – 1950
- Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) 10 July 1773 – 1950
Africa[edit]
- São Tomé Island (unknown date)[3]
Gold Coast[edit]
- Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg) 1658 – 1664
- Anomabu 1658 – 1659
- Cape Coast Castle (Fort Carlsborg) 1658 – 1664
- Fort Frederiksborg 1659 – 1685
- Cong Heights 1659 – 1661
- Fort Fredensborg 1734 – 1850
- Fort Prinzenstein (Fort Prinsensten) 1784 – 1850
- Fort Kongenstein (Fort Kongensten) 1784 – 1850
- Fort Augustaborg 1784 – 1850
Sierra Leone[edit]
- Bagos 1661 – 1662[3]
Asia[edit]
Ceylon[edit]
- Trincomalee 1619 – 1622[4]
India[edit]
- Tranquebar (Trankebar) 1620 – 1845
- Machilipatnam 1625 – 1643
- Balasore 1625 – 1643, 1763 – 1845
- Pipli 1625 – 1640
- Oddeway Torre 1696 – 1722
- Gondalpara (Dannemarksnagore) 1698 – 1714
- Calicut 1752 – 1791
- Colachel 1755 – 1808
- Serampore (Frederiknagore) 1755 – 1808, 1818 – 1845
Nicobar Islands (Frederiksøerne)[edit]
- Great Nicobar Island 1754/56 – 1760[3]
- Kamorta Island (Frederikshøj) 1760 – 1768[3]
- Nancowry Island (Ny Sjælland) 1768 – 1773, 1784 – 1807/9, 1830 – 1834, 1846 – 1868[3]
East Indies[edit]
China[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Dalgård (1962), p. 146-47, 253
- ^ Mowat, Farley (1973). Ordeal by ice; the search for the Northwest Passage. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd. p. 111. OCLC 1391959.
- ^ a b c d e Ramerini, Marco (2014-02-19). "List of Danish colonial forts and possessions". Colonial Voyage. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ P. E., Pieris (1920). Ceylon and the Portuguese (PDF). The University of California Los Angeles. pp. 197–206.
- ^ a b c d e f Bredsdorff, Asta (2009). The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 90–102.
- ^ a b Wellen, Kathryn (2015). The Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, 1642-1698 (PDF). Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. p. 446.
- ^ Feldbæk, Ole (2011). "The Danish Asia trade 1620–1807". Scandinavian Economic History Review. 39: 3–27. doi:10.1080/03585522.1991.10408197.