The Church of the Faroe Islands (Faroese: Fólkakirkjan, lit. 'people's church'; Danish: Færøernes folkekirke), also known as the Faroese People's Church, is the established church and the largest religious organization in the Faroe Islands.[1] It is an Evangelical Lutheran church, continuing the Lutheran tradition established during the Protestant Reformation. The church is one of the smallest state churches in the world.[2] Prior to becoming independent on 29 July 2007, it was a diocese of the Church of Denmark, also a Lutheran church. As of 2023, 77.0% of the Faroe Islanders belonged to the state church.[3]
Other churches in the Faroe Islands include the Plymouth Brethren and the Roman Catholic Church.
^ ab"Parishes, 1st January (2000-2019)". Statistics Faroe Islands. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
^Referenced at the Encyclopedia of Global Religion, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, published 2012 by Sage publications, ISBN 978-0-7619-2729-7, page 390. (Page available on-line here).
^"Alsamt færri limir í fólkakirkjuni". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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