Danish West India Company
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The Danish West India Company or Danish West India-Guinea Company (Danish: Vestindisk kompagni or Det Vestindisk-Guineiske kompagni) was a Danish chartered company that exploited colonies in Danish West Indies (Antillian) and Danish Gold Coast (in present Ghana)
Established March 11, 1671 as Vestindisk kompagni and from August 30, 1680 known as Det Vestindisk-Guineiske kompagni. Brought out by the Danish government on August 24, 1754, to be transformed into Rentekammeret Vestindisk-guineisk renteskriverkontor on November 28, 1754. From 1760 known as Vestindisk-guineiske rente- og generaltoldkammer.
This lead to a brief establishment of Det Guineiske kompagni via Royal resolution of March 18, 1765 to maintain the trade with the Danish Gold Coast colonies. In November the received both the fort Christiansborg and Fredensborg for 20 years, however the company never received trade monopoly, like the previous West India Company had. The trade remained free for all Danish, Norwegian, Schleswig and Holstein companies. In the mid 1770 the company had so large financial trouble that it was eliminated on November 22, 1776. Already in August-September 1775, the government took control of the granted forts again.
| Danish overseas colonies and territories |
| Former Danish colonies |
| Danish Gold Coast (Danish Guinea) | Danish India (capital Dansborg at Tranquebar, Balasore in Orissa, Frederiksnagore at Serampore in Bengal, Dannemarksnagore at Gondalpara, Calicut, Oddeway Torre on Malabar coast; annex Frederiksøerne: the Nicobar islands) | Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) See also: Danish East India Company | Danish West India Company |
| Current overseas territories of Denmark: | Faroe Islands | Greenland |
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