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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
ResidenceGovernment House (Christiansted)
NominatorPrime Minister of Denmark
AppointerMonarch of Denmark
PrecursorNone
Formation1756
First holderChristian Leberecht von Prøck
Final holderHenri Konow (acting)
Abolished31 March 1917
SuccessionGovernor 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.

This article lists the governors of the Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands, a Danish colony in the Caribbean encompassing the territory of the present-day United States Virgin Islands.

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