List of church buildings in the Faroe Islands

There are currently around 70 churches and places of worship on the Faroe Islands , which are included in the following list of church buildings in the Faroe Islands . The locations of the churches were determined as far as this was already possible. To make orientation easier, the names of the islands and the administrative regions have been added to each place, population figures and an indication of the beginning of settlement allow an assessment of the age of the parish.

A separate gallery shows stamp motifs and historical views of the ruins of the cathedral church.

They are sorted alphabetically according to place names.

Surname	Residents	Commune	island	Church name (location)	Year of establishment of the place, first mention	image
Argir	1,907	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	church	1630
Árnafjørður	53	Klaksvík	Borðoy	church	1200 (land grab)
Bøur	71	Sørvágur	Vágar	church	1200 (land grab)
Dalur	49	Húsavík	Sandoy	church	1404
Eiði	650	Eiði	Eysturoy	church	1350 (first half of the 14th century)
Elduvík	30th	Elduvík	Eysturoy	church	1350-1400
Fámjin	113	Fámjin	Suðuroy	church	1350-1400
Fuglafjørður	1,558	Fuglafjørður	Eysturoy	church	1200 (land grab)
Funningsfjørður	64	Elduvík	Eysturoy	church	1200 (land grab)
Funningur	75	Funningur	Eysturoy	church	1584
Gjógv	49	Gjógv	Eysturoy	church	1584 (older)
Glyvrar	407	Runavík	Eysturoy	church	1584
Gøtugjógv	51	Gøtu Kommuna	Eysturoy	Gøtu Kirkja ( location )	1584
Haldarsvík	157	Haldarsvík	Streymoy	church	1584
Hestur	34	Hestur	Hestur	church	1584
Hósvík	309	Hósvík	Streymoy	church	1584
Hov	125	Hov	Suðuroy	church	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Húsar	52	Húsar	Kalsoy	church	1350-1400
Húsavík	77	Húsavík	Sandoy	church	1350-1400
Hvalba	653	Hvalba	Suðuroy	church	1200 (land grab)
Hvalvík	215	Hvalvík	Streymoy	church	1350-1400
Hvannasund	270	Hvannasund	Viðoy	church	1584
Kaldbak	219	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	church	1584
Kirkja	28	Fugloy	Fugloy	church	1350-1400
Kirkjubøur	75	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	Magnus Cathedral ruins ( location )	1200 (land grab)
Kirkjubøur	75	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	Olavskirche ( location )	1200 (land grab)
Klaksvík	4,666	Klaksvík	Borðoy	Christianskirkjan ( location )	1584
Klaksvík	4,666	Klaksvík	Borðoy	Church (2)	1584
Kollafjørður	817	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	church	1350-1400
Kunoy	80	Kunoy	Kunoy	church	1350-1400
Kvívík	397	Kvívík	Streymoy	church	0900 (archaeological finds)
Leirvík	873	Leirvík	Eysturoy	church	1350-1400
Miðvágur	1,046	Miðvágur	Vágar	church	1350-1400
Mikladalur	41	Mikladalur	Kalsoy	church	1350-1400
Mykines	19th	Sørvágur	Mykines	church	1400 (approx.)
Nes	264	Nes	Eysturoy	Fríðrikskirkjan ( location )	1350-1400
Nólsoy	252	Tórshavn Municipality	Nólsoy	church	1400 (approx.)
Norðragøta (Gøta)	567	Gøtu Kommuna	Eysturoy	Gøtu Kirkja	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Norðskáli	275	Sunda communa	Eysturoy	church	1584
Øravík	40	Tvøroyri	Suðuroy	church	1350-1400
Oyndarfjørður	161	Oyndarfjørður	Eysturoy	church	1200 (land grab)
Porkeri	333	Porkeri	Suðuroy	church	1350-1400
Rituvík	268	Runavík	Eysturoy	church	1873
Saksun	25th	Saksun	Streymoy	church	1400 (approx.)
Sandavágur	797	Sandavágur	Vágar	church	1200 (land grab)
Sandur	586	Sandur	Sandoy	Sands Kirkja ( location )	0900 (archaeological finds)
Sandvík	112	Hvalba	Suðuroy	church	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Selatrað	58	Sjóvar kommuna	Eysturoy	church	1350-1400
Skælingur	11	Kvívík	Streymoy	church	1584
Skálavík	183	Skálavík	Sandoy	church	1350-1400
Skáli	657	Skáli	Eysturoy	church	1400 (approx.)
Skopun	507	Skopun	Sandoy	church	1833
Skúvoy	50	Skúvoy	Skúvoy	church	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Sørvágur	966	Sørvágur	Vágar	church	1350-1400
Strendur	812	Sjóvar kommuna	Eysturoy	church	1400 (approx.)
Streymnes	184	Hvalvík	Streymoy	church	1584
Sumba	250	Sumba	Suðuroy	church	1200 (land grab)
Svínoy	52	Svínoy	Svínoy	church	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Tjørnuvík	72	Haldarsvík	Streymoy	church	0900 (archaeological finds)
Tórshavn , center	12,393	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	Tórshavner Domkirche ( location )	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Tórshavn , center	12,393	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	Maria-Kirken (Roman Catholic)	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Tórshavn , center	12,393	Tórshavn Municipality	Streymoy	Vesturkirkjan ( location )	1000 ( Faroese Saga )
Tvøroyri	1,179	Tvøroyri	Suðuroy	church	1836
Vágur	1,402	Vágur	Suðuroy	church	1350-1400
Vestmanna	1,234	Vestmanna	Streymoy	church	1400 (approx.)
Viðareiði	339	Viðareiði	Viðoy	church	1350-1400

Historical views

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  Tórshavn with the harbor church (around 1839)

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  Ruins of the cathedral church in Kirkjubour (around 1839)

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  View of the Cathedral Church in Kirkjubour

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  Kirkjubour, details

Web links

Commons : Church Buildings in the Faroe Islands  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Land Survey of the Faroe Islands, topographic maps and aerial photographs
• faroeislands.dk (All places in the Faroe Islands - brief description with pictures , English / Danish / Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On first mentions

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap