Danish Gold Coast
The Danish Gold Coast (Danish: Danske Guldkyst or Dansk Guinea) comprised the colonies that Denmark–Norway controlled in Africa as a part of the Gold Coast (roughly present-day southeast Ghana), which is on the Gulf of Guinea. It was colonized by the Dano-Norwegian fleet, first under indirect rule by the Danish West India Company (a chartered company), later as a crown colony of the kingdom of Denmark-Norway.
Danish Gold Coast Settlements Danske Guldkyst | |||||||||
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| 1658–1850 | |||||||||
Denmark-Norway and its overseas territories | |||||||||
Danish Gold Coast (Ghana) Map of the Danish Gold Coast | |||||||||
| Status | Denmark–Norway crown colony (1658–1814) Danish Colony (1814–1850) | ||||||||
| Capital | Osu (Christiansborg) (1658–1850) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Danish, German (official) Ga, Dangme, Ewe, Akan | ||||||||
| King of Denmark | |||||||||
• 1658–1670 | Frederick III of Denmark-Norway (first) | ||||||||
• 1848–1863 | Frederick VII of Denmark (last) | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1658-1659 | Hendrik Carloff | ||||||||
• 1847-1850 | Rasmus Eric Schmidt | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1658 | |||||||||
| 1660 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | March 30 1850 | ||||||||
| Currency | Danish rigsdaler | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana | ||||||||
The five Danish Gold Coast Territorial Settlements and forts of the Kingdom of Denmark were sold to the United Kingdom and were incorporated into the British Gold Coast in 1850. The area under Danish influence was over 10,000 square kilometres.
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