 The Faroese proposal was presented to the king in December 1578 in Koldinghus.The Faroese men who had traveled all the way to Kolding said that they wished to have a man called Magnus Heinason to be the commander of ships doing trade with their islands.The king did not want to make this decision himself; instead, he turned the matter over to his treasurer and statholder Christoffer Valkendorff.