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Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten
14 July 1827–6 July 1848 , style = , residence = Government House (Christiansted) , nominator =

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Henri Konow Henri Konow (7 February 1862 – 18 January 1939) was a Danish naval officer, vice-admiral, and the last governor of the Danish West Indies, overseeing the transfer of administration to the United States of America following the Treaty of the Dani ...

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This article lists the governors of the

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colonization of the Americas, Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas ...

( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands, a

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in the

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encompassing the territory of the present-day

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Governors of St. Thomas

St. Thomas was claimed by

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in 1665.

Governors of St. Thomas and St. John

St. John (St. Jan) was claimed by

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in 1683, which was disputed by the British until 1718.

Governors of St. Croix

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was bought from

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in 1733. In 1754, the Danish West Indies were sold by Danish West India Company to

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, becoming royal Danish-Norwegian colonies. Hereafter, St. Croix was governed by the Governors-General of the Danish West Indies.

Governor-generals of the Danish West Indies

The Danish West Indies were sold by Denmark to the

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on December 12, 1916. The administration was officially turned over on March 31, 1917, and the first US governor was

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Edwin Taylor Pollock. For governors of the territory after the establishment of the US administration, see

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References

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Bibliography

* Waldemar Westergaard, ''The Danish West Indies under Company Rule (1671 – 1754)'' (MacMillan, New York, 1917)
World Statesmen
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Lists of office-holders in Denmark