Introduction
The term Danish Empire may refer to: The North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great (1016–1035) The Danish overseas colonies in North America, the West Indies, the Gold Coast and India Danish Realm, sovereign state which consists of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland vteDanish overseas empireColonies and trading posts of the Danish East India Company (1620–1777)East IndiesGovernorate General Fort Dansborg Settlements Frederiksnagore (Serampore) Danmarksnagore (Gondalpara) Oddeway Torre (Malabar Coast) Frederiksøerne (Nicobar Islands) Factories Calicut (Kozhikode) Colachel Machilipatnam Trading posts Balasore Oddeway Torre (Malabar Coast) Pipli Colonies and trading posts of the Danish West India Company (1668–1776)West IndiesColonies in the Caribbean Saint Thomas Saint John Saint Croix Colonies and trading posts of the Crown (1658–1850)Gold CoastTrading posts in Africa Augustaborg Carlsborg Christiansborg Frederiksborg Fredensborg Kongensten Prinsensten William Settlements of the Bergen Greenland Company (1721–1727)Settlements Haabets Colonie Colonies and trading posts of Hans Egede (1727-1747?), Claus Paarss (1728-1730), the Moravian missions (1733-1900), Jacob Severin (1734-1949) and the General Trade Company (1747–1774)North GreenlandandSouth GreenlandTrading postsEgede and Paarss Godt-Haab Haabets Ø Moravian missions Lichtenfels Neu-Herrnhut Severin Christianshaab Frederikshaab Jacobshavn General Trade Company Christianshaab Claushavn Egedesminde Fiskenæsset Frederikshaab Godhavn Godt-Haab Holsteinsborg Jacobshavn Julianehaab Lichtenfels Neu-Herrnhut Ritenbenck Sukkertoppen Umanak Upernavik Colonies of the Kingdom of Denmark (1536–1953)Until 1850 Gold Coast Until 1869 East Indies Until 1874 Iceland3 Until 1917 West Indies Until 1948 Faroe Islands3 Until 1953 Greenland3 3 Became autonomous countries of the Kingdom of Denmark; Iceland gained full independence in 1944. Kingdom of Denmark (1948–present)Danish Realm Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Danish Empire.If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.