Whispers in the Church

Whispers in the Church

This history explores the lives and trials of the accused during Sweden’s seventeenth-century witch hunts.

It may come as a surprise that Sweden had a witch hunt and that it was a precursor to Salem’s witch trials.

Märit Hansdotter and Karl Karlsson lived in an age of war, religious upheaval, and general discord. Their home, Karlsgården, was the site of tremendous heartache, tragedy, love and survival. It overlooked the Ljusnan River on a pilgrimage road between Uppsala and Saint Olaf’s.....