Case file · Witch trials
Mora witch trial
In August 1669, a royal commission at Mora, Dalarna, condemned accused witches on children's testimony; it was the first mass execution of the Swedish panic.
1669 CE · 61.01, 14.54 · status: official
The account
Children described being carried to Blåkulla on goats and broomsticks. Engravings of the Mora executions circulated across Europe and influenced later trials, including Salem.