Heine Johnsøn Havreki (1514–1576) or ''Heine the shipwrecked'' was a Norwegian born Lutheran pastor who helped introduce the

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on the

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Heine Johnsøn was reportedly born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, Norway the son of Jon Haraldson, an

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minister. While Havreki was studying in Bergen, he and some other students were travelling to

but were caught up in bad weather and

shipwreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...

ed in the

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. They were taken care of by a local woman, Herborg of Húsavík, with whom he subsequently became married. Together they had a son

Jógvan Heinason Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602) was Lawman (prime minister) of the Faroe Islands from 1572 to 1583. Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest Heine Havreki and a Faroese women, Herborg from Húsavík Húsavík () is a town in Nor� ...

(1541–1602) and daughter Herborg Heinadottir (born 1542). In 1534, he served as deputy to Ámundur Olavsson, the last

bishop of the Diocese of the Faroe Islands. Ámundur Olavsson held his office, based at

Kirkjubøur Kirkjubøur ( da, Kirkebø) is the southernmost village on Streymoy, Faroe Islands. The village is located on the south-west coast of Streymoy and has a view towards the islands of Hestur and Koltur towards the west, and to Sandoy towards the so ...

, until he was forced to yield his see and title in 1538. Following the

, Heine was one of the first Lutheran priests in the Faroe islands as vicar for the island of

Eysturoy Eysturoy (pronounced estroimeaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population. Description Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely ...

. Heine was consecrated on

Ólavsøka Ólavsøka is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and by most Faroese considered as the national holiday of the Faroes along with Flag Day on 25 April. Ólavsøka is celebrated over two days, from the 28th to the 29th of July, th ...

in 1541 when the church became Protestant. Following the death of Heine's wife Herborg, he traveled back to

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. There around 1544, he married Gyri Arnbjørnsdatter. Together they had a son

Magnus Heinason Magnus Heinason (Mogens Heinesøn) (1548 – 18 January 1589) was a Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer. Magnus Heinason served William the Silent and his son Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange for 10 years as a privateer, fighting t ...

(1548–1589). In 1566, Heine served at a church on

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in the

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district in

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where he later died.

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*''Færoæ & Færoa reserata'' by Lucas Debes written in 1673 *''Natural and political history of the Faroe Islands'' in the

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translation by C. G. Mengel, Copenhagen / Leipzig 1757. comments by Norbert B. Vogt. Mülheim a. d. Ruhr: 2005. S. 130

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