350 years since the Great Noise
The witch trials in Mora. German copperplate engraving from 1670. The period of witch hunts in Sweden in the latter part of the 17th century has come to be known as the 'Great Noise'. The witch hysteria in Stockolm began when the "Gävle boy" Johan Johansson came to Katarina parish in the city in May 1675. His mother was imprisoned in Gävle, accused of witchcraft, and he was sent to Stockholm [...]
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