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| Industry | Whaling |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 27, 1614 in Vlieland, Netherlands |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | 1642 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters |
The Noordsche Compagnie (English: Northern Company) was a Dutch cartel in the whaling trade, founded by several cities in the Netherlands in 1614 and operating until 1642. Soon after its founding, it became entangled in territorial conflicts with England, Denmark-Norway, France, and other groups within the Netherlands.
It was also known as the Groenlandse Compagnie (English: Greenland Company), but the name is misleading today since the "Greenland" referred to is Svalbard, previously thought to either be identical or connected to the island of Greenland discovered and colonized by the Norse.