Brethren in the Faroes

The Brethren movement arrived in the Faroe Islands in the later nineteenth century and utilized aspects of Faroese culture, particularly the language, to promote an evangelical message and to establish its self-governing assemblies. This coincided with the period of nation-building in the Faroes when a renewed sense of the islands’ identity was formed, a process to which the Brethren were integral. The islands have the highest percentage of Brethren per head of population on earth, and the depth of the involvement of the movement in their public affairs and cultural expression is without parallel.