Johannes West

Johannes West
Royal Inspector of North Greenland
In office
1817–1825
Preceded by Peter Hanning Motzfeldt
Succeeded by Carl Peter Holbøll
Personal details
Born April 2, 1782
Died October 11, 1835
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Occupation Merchant, administrator

Johannes West (born 1782, died 1835), was Denmark's inspector of Nordgrønland.

He took over as inspector of Nordgrønland in 1817 after Peter Motzfeldt, even though Frederik Diderik Sechmann Fleischer had filled in for Motzfeldt in the last two years of his work, and was seen by many as his natural successor.

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