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Sofie Johannesdotter
Sofie Johannesdotter (24 August 1839 – 22 February 1876) was a Swedish- Norwegian serial killer who poisoned at least three people in Fredrikshald (present-day Halden) from 1869 to 1874. Johannesdotter would later be convicted of these killings and executed, the last woman to be executed in Norway and the penultimate execution overall. Early life Sofie Johannesdotter was born on 24 August 1839 in the small village of Ärtemark in Sweden. She came from a family of poor, uneducated peasants who had five other children, two of which died in infancy. Growing up in the impoverished countryside, Johannesdotter was illiterate and was reportedly abused by her parents while growing up. At the age of 15, she was sent to school to learn reading and writing, with which she struggled. In 1867, she emigrated to Norway in search of employment, settling in Fredrikshald and working at a cotton mill for some time. The following year, she found herself a job as the maid of 70-year-old Niels ...
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Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ...
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Fredriksstad Tilskuer
''Fredriksstad Tilskuer'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Fredrikstad in Østfold county. ''Fredriksstads Tilskuer'' was started in 1867 From 1879 to 1902 it was edited by landowner Harald Stabell, who turned the newspaper in a conservative direction. An anti-newspaper was established, named '' Fredriksstads Blad''. However, ''Fredriksstads Tilskuer'' was innovative as well; from 1898 to 1902 it was the first daily newspaper in Østfold. The editor from 1902 to 1907 was Sølfest Ørn, and Sven Elvestad had a short journalist career but was fired. Another writer who started his career here was Olaf Gjerløw Jens Olaf Gjerløw (20 March 1885 – 5 December 1949) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was editor for the newspaper ''Morgenbladet'' from 1920 until his death in 1949, except for a period in German prisons during World War II. Personal life .... In 1902 the newspaper absorbed '' Fredrikstad-Posten'', and in 1908 the newspaper changed its name to ''Fredriksstad ...
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Executed Swedish Women
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence ordering that an offender is to be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is ''condemned'' and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as ''capital crimes'', ''capital offences'', or ''capital felonies'', and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious crimes against the person, such as murder, mass murder, aggravated cases of rape (often including child sexual abuse), terrorism, aircraft hijacking, war crimes, crimes against huma ...
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Executed Norwegian Women
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence ordering that an offender is to be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is ''condemned'' and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as ''capital crimes'', ''capital offences'', or ''capital felonies'', and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious crimes against the person, such as murder, mass murder, aggravated cases of rape (often including child sexual abuse), terrorism, aircraft hijacking, war crimes, crimes agains ...
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Executed Female Serial Killers
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the State (polity), state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender is to be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is ''condemned'' and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as ''capital crimes'', ''capital offences'', or ''capital felonies'', and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious Offence against the person, crimes against the person, such as murder, mass murder, Aggravation (law), aggravated cases of rape (often including child s ...
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