The church is made of stones taken from the coastline

The present-day church was consecrated in 1892, but there have been previous churches in the exact location. The church is made of stones taken from the coastline. The parish men were required to carry stones to the church's site. Each man had 24 stones a year for two years. On the church's northern wall hangs an altar plate, one of the oldest church treasures in the Faroe Islands. Thomas Koppen from Hamburg, who obtained the monopoly on Faroese trade in 1533, donated the altar plate to the church. The British Royal Navy donated the church silver to the people of Viðareiði to acknowledge the village’s help in rescuing and caring for the crew of the shipwrecked brig Marwood in 1847.

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