Case file · Witch trials
Malin Matsdotter and the end of the panic
On 5 August 1676, Malin Matsdotter was burned alive in Stockholm after child witnesses in Katarina parish accused her; she was the only person burned alive in the Great Noise.
1676 CE · 59.31, 18.08 · status: official
The account
Soon afterwards some child witnesses admitted lying, the authorities turned against the accusers, and the Swedish witch panic ended.