Church of the Faroe Islands Church of the Faroe Islands The Church of the Faroe Islands (, "people's church") is one of the smallest of the world's state churches. Prior to its becoming independent on 29 July 2007, it had been a diocese of the Church of Denmark, a Lutheran church. As of 2017, 80.2% of the Faroe Islanders belonged to the state church. Other churches in the Faroe Islands include the Plymouth Brethren and the Catholic Church. According to "Færeyinga saga", it was the Viking chief Sigmundur Brestisson who brought Christianity to the Faroe Islands. On the orders of the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason,
Faroe Islands Cup Faroe Islands Cup The Faroe Islands Cup () is the main football cup competition in the Faroe Islands. The first edition was played in 1955. The first decade of the competition was marked by the alternance of titles between HB and TB. In subsequent editions, teams like B36, KÍ and currently inactive GÍ were also champions, but not enough to approach the number of titles of HB. However, in recent years, the cup has been dominated by EB/Streymur and Víkingur, which alternated titles for nine editions and have already made 3 finals (all won by Víkingur). The clubs in "Italics"