Background
Heine Johnsøn was reportedly born in Bergen, Norway the son of Jon Haraldson, an Icelandic Roman Catholic minister.
Heine Johnsøn was reportedly born in Bergen, Norway the son of Jon Haraldson, an Icelandic Roman Catholic minister.
While Havreki was studying in Bergen, he and some other students were travelling to Iceland but were caught up in bad weather and shipwrecked in the Faroe islands. They were taken care of by a local woman, Herborg of Húsavík, with whom he subsequently became married. In 1534, he served as deputy to Ámundur Olavsson, the last Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of the Faroe Islands.
Ámundur Olavsson held his office, based at Kirkjubøur, until he was forced to yield his see and title in 1538.
Following the death of Heine"s wife Herborg, he traveled back to Norway. Together they had a son Magnus Heinason born about 1545.
In 1566, Heine served at a church on Radøy in the Nordhordland district in Hordaland where he later died. G. South. 130 Young, G.V.C. (1979) From the Vikings to the Reformation.
A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands up to 1538 (Isle of Manitoba: Shearwater Press).