List of Danish colonial trading posts and settlements

All lands ruled by Denmark-Norway (Including factories and Trading posts)

The following were trading posts and settlements owned by the Danish colonial empire and respective Chartered companies:

Europe

Iceland 1602 – 1786

• Ísafjörður
• Reykjarfjörður
• Þingeyri
• Bíldudalur
• Patreksfjörður
• Stykkishólmur
• Ólafsvík
• Grundarfjörður
• Búðir
• Arnarstapi
• Keflavík
• básendar
• Grindavík
• Reykjavík
• Hafnarfjörður
• Eyrarbakki
• Vestmannaeyjar
• Skagaströnd
• Akureyri
• Húsavík
• Vopnafjörður
• Reyðarfjörður
• Djúpivogur

Svalbard

• Smeerenburg 1619 – 1625 ^[1]
• Cookery of Harlingen 1630s

Americas

Canada

• Churchill River (Nova Dania) September 1619 – 16 July 1620 ^[2]

Caribbean

• Saint John (Sankt Jan) 1671 – 1917
• Saint Thomas (Sankt Thomas) 1671 – 1917
• Saint Croix (Sankt Croix) 15 June 1733 – 1917
• Crab Island (Krabbe Øen) 1698 – 1763 ^[3]

Greenland

• 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

• São Tomé Island (unknown date) ^[4]

Gold Coast

• 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

Morocco 1755-1766

• Safi ^[5]
• Agadir ^[5]
• Island of Mogador ^[5]
• Mogador ^[5]
• Tetuan ^[5]
• Tangier ^[5]
• Larache ^[5]
• Memora ^[5]

Sierra Leone

• Bagos 1661 – 1662 ^[4]

Asia

Ceylon

• Trincomalee 1619 – 1622 ^[6]

India

• Tranquebar (Trankebar) 1620 – 1801, 1802 – 1808, 1818 – 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 – 1801, 1802 – 1808, 1818 – 1845
• Patna 1772 – 1827 ^{[7] [8]}
• Pondicherry (Polesere) c. 1635 – 1675 ^[9]
• Cuddalore ^[10]
• Tegnapatnam ^[10]
• Madras ^[10]
• Porto Novo ^[10]
• Hugli-Chuchura ^[10]
• Tellingapore 1708 – 1714 ^[10]
• Allepey ^[10]
• Cannanore ^[10]
• Cochin ^[10]
• Ganjam ^[10]
• Holcheri ^[10]
• Agra ^[11]

Nicobar Islands (Frederiksøerne)

• Great Nicobar Island 1754/56 – 1760 ^[4]
• Kamorta Island (Frederikshøj) 1760 – 1768 ^[4]
• Nancowry Island (Ny Sjælland) 1768 – 1773, 1784 – 1807/9, 1830 – 1834, 1846 – 1868 ^[4]

East Indies

• Aceh ^[12]
• Banten ^{[12] [13]}
• Jepara ^[12]
• Makassar ^{[12] [13]}
• Mattam ^[12]
• Succadana ^[12]

Thailand

• Mergui ^[10]
• Tenasserim ^[10]

China

• Canton 1732 – 1844 ^[8]

Persia

• Hormuz ^[10]

Yemen

• Mokha 1671 – 1684 ^[10]

See also

• Danish India
• Danish overseas colonies
• Danish West Indies
• Danish colonization of the Americas

References

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4. Ramerini, Marco (2014-02-19). "List of Danish colonial forts and possessions". Colonial Voyage. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
5. Madsen, Emil (1914). De vigtigste af danske foretagne Rejser og Forskninger i Afrika (in Danish). Vol. 22. Geografisk Tidsskrift. pp. 121–128.
6. P. E., Pieris (1920). Ceylon and the Portuguese (PDF). The University of California Los Angeles. pp. 197–206.
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13. 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.