 Vestervig was the residence of , a missionary from Thuringia in eastern Germany, and chaplain to the Norwegian king Saint Olaf.After Olaf's death in 1030 Thøger withdrew to Vestervig, where he built a little church of thatch and wattle, and preached Christianity to the local people.He died on 24 June 1067, and was canonised in spite of the opposition of King Svend Estridsen and Bishop Albrik.