The Vardø witch trials of 1651–1653 took place in

Vardø Vardo or Vardø may refer to: Places * Vardø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *Vardø (town) (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vard� ...

Northern Norway Northern Norway (, , ; ) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland. Some of the largest towns in Northern Norway (from south to no ...

. 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) and succeeded by the Vardø witch trials (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 were exposed to torture and pointed out each other as accomplices.

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