Renowned Clergymen
- Lucas Debes (1623–1675), Provost of the Faroes, issued the first book about the archipelago.
- V. U. Hammershaimb (1819–1909), Provost of the Faroes, invented the Modern Faroese grammar.
- Fríðrikur Petersen (1858–1917), Provost of the Faroes, poet and politician.
- Jacob Dahl (1878–1944), Provost of the Faroes, bible translator.
- Kristian Osvald Viderø (1906–1991), theologian, finished Dahl's translation.
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