Scandinavian Witches

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Post stories/information about various witches in Scandinavia.


In Denmark, the burning of witches increased following the reformation of 1536. Christian IV of Denmark, in particular, encouraged this practice, and hundreds of people were convicted of witchcraft and burnt.


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Maren Spliid, Spliids or Splids, (c. 1600 – 9 November 1641), was an alleged Danish witch, probably the most known victim of the persecution of witches in Denmark. Together with Norway, Denmark burned more witches than the other countries in Scandinavia, and many people were burned between 1540 and 1693, especially in Jutland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maren_Spliid

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Anne Palles (1619 – 4 April 1693) was an alleged Danish witch. She was the last person legally executed for sorcery in Denmark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Palles

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Pope Gregory VII in 1080 wrote to King Harold of Denmark forbidding witches to be put to death upon presumption of their having caused storms or failure of crops or pestilence. Neither were these the only examples of an effort to prevent unjust suspicion to which such poor creatures might be exposed.