Timeline of The Faroe Islands - 1000s

1000s

  • 1005 - Sigmundur Brestisson is killed by Tórgrímur Illi in Sandvík.
  • 1026 - King Olaf II of Norway tries to encash taxes from the Faroes and to establish Norwegian law - but fails.
  • 1028 - The murder of the Norwegian legate Karl of Møre ends Olav's attempts.
  • 1035 - Death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking chieftain of the Faroes. Leivur Øssursson becomes Christian autocrat over the Faroes as feud under Norwegian government. The Viking age on the Faroes is over.

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