The Vardø witch trials of 1651–1653 took place in

Vardø ( fi, Vuoreija, fkv, Vuorea, se, Várggát) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, more to the east than Saint Petersburg or Istanbul. The administra ...

Northern Norway Northern Norway ( nb, Nord-Norge, , nn, Nord-Noreg; se, Davvi-Norga) is a geographical Regions of Norway, region of Norway, consisting of the two northernmost counties Nordland and Troms og Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainlan ...

. It resulted in the death of seventeen women by burning.Kirsten Bergh: “
Til ild og bål. En kort oversikt over Finnmarks hekseprosesser
'”, i G. I. Willoch (utg.): Vardøhus festning 650 år, 1960, s. 126–144 It was the second of the three big mass trials of Northern Norway, preceded by the

Vardø witch trials (1621) ( fi, Vuoreija, fkv, Vuorea, se, Várggát) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, more to the east than Saint Petersburg or Istanbul. The administra ...

and succeeded by the

Vardø witch trials ( fi, Vuoreija, fkv, Vuorea, se, Várggát) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark Counties of Norway, county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, more to the ...

(1662-1663), and one of the biggest witch trials in Norway. It centered around women accused of having caused - or attempted - to have cause ship wrecks by use of witchcraft, and who was exposed to torture and pointed out each other as accomplices.

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