- Heine Havrèkke
Heine Johnsøn Havrékki or Heine Havrékke or Heine the shipreckt(1514 in Bergen, Norway–1576 in Radøy Norway) was a Norwegian emigrant on the
Faroe islands , he was a new follower of the Lutheran church and he was the first Lutheran priest in 1540 on theFaroe islands . He landed onNes Eysturoy .He was the son of the
Iceland ic catholic minister Jon Haraldson (*1480-?)Havréki was the father of
Løgmaður , Jógvan Heinason (1541-1602) and the well known Naval Hero and PrivateerMagnus Heinason (*1545-1589) that in his life would serve kingFrederick II of Denmark and Norway , andMaurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange the Prince ofNetherlands , in theAnglo-Spanish War where Magnus fought the Spanish.Early life
Heine Havrékke, and other Students where planining to go to
Iceland but where corth up in bad weather and lamded as ship recked with no ship in theFaroe islands onNes onEysturoy and here he meet the Faroese woman Herborg of Húsavík (15??-1542) and they got the son togheter Jógvan Heinason and a Daughter Herborg Heinadottir (*1542-15??)and Heine Havréki's wife Herborg of Húsavík dies and Heine travels back toNorway and ´married a Norse lady c. 1544 Gyri Arnbjørnsdatter and they had the son Magnus Heinason in 1545. In 1566 Heine Havréki travels back toNorway to start up a Protestant church inRadøy .
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