Porkeri Church

The Graveyard

Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated in the island Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands. It is a wooden church and it has a roof of turf. The church is from 1847 and contains things donated by seamen who survived lethal storms on the sea, maintaining the tradition of almissu (seamen in danger promised - according to Nordic tradition - to donate churches, the material or such to God if they got back home alive).

External Links

• The Tourist Information in Suðuroy, info about churches in Suduroy.
• The Faroes National Museum

References

• Porkeris Kirkja 1847-1997 Book written in Faroese about the Church of Porkeri, published on its 150th anniversary.