Case file · Witch trials

Lisbeth Nypan

In September 1670, Lisbeth Nypan, an elderly woman from the Nypan farm near Trondheim, was executed for witchcraft; she was the second-to-last person put to death for it in Norway.

1670 CE · 63.33, 10.30 · status: official

The account

She had a reputation as a healer; neighbours blamed her for illness and misfortune.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Lisbeth Nypan
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