Børge Johan Schultz

Børge Johan Schultz
Royal Inspector of North Greenland
In office 1790–1797
Preceded by	Jens Clausen Wille
Succeeded by	Claus Bendeke
Personal details
Born	24 July 1764 Ringsaker, Denmark-Norway
Died	18 August 1826 (1826-08-19) (aged 62) Østre Toten, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Administrator, lawyer

Børge Johan Schultz (1764-1826) was a Norwegian official who served as Royal Inspector of North Greenland from 1790 to 1797.

Born in Ringsaker to a middle-class family, Schultz studied law at the University of Copenhagen, where he graduated in 1788. In 1790, he was appointed as inspector of North Greenland upon the resignation of his predecessor, Jens Clausen Wille, who left the colony due to its disorganized state. During his tenure as inspector, Schultz encountered numerous problems in the colony, including disease and famine caused by English overfishing.

In 1796, he passed a law allowing European settlers and Greenlandic Inuit to marry.

He requested dismissal in 1796, which was granted the following year. He returned to Norway, where he was appointed Vogt of Østre Toten. He died in 1826, at the age of 62.

See also

• List of inspectors of Greenland