Case file · Witch trials
Anne Palles, Denmark's last executed witch
On 4 April 1693, Anne Palles of Falster was beheaded and burned, the last person executed for witchcraft in Denmark.
1693 CE · 54.78, 11.92 · status: official
The account
Accusers said she bewitched a magistrate's calf, killed a woman by magic and ruined a harvest. She retracted her confession before the Supreme Court, which upheld the sentence by 11 votes to 6.