Timeline of The Faroe Islands - 1100s

1100s

  • around 1100 - The Faroes become the Diocese of the Faroe Islands, initially suffragan to the archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen. The Faroese bishop has his seat in Kirkjubøur until 1538.
  • around 1104 - The diocese comes under the archbishopric of Lund, (today Sweden).
  • 1152/53 - The diocese becomes part of the archbishopric in Nidaros, Norway.
  • 1156 - Sverre comes to the Faroes in the age of 5 for further education in Kirkjubøur. He returns to Norway in 1176 and becomes King there.

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