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The dark side of Denmark
When Magrethe Jochumsdatter in 1750 was executed by sword in Storvorde.
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The dark side of Denmark
When Maren Splids was executed in 1641 for witchcraft
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The dark side of Denmark
Anne Palle was the last witch burned at the stake in Denmark.
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Christenze Axlesdatter Kruckow was the only nobility in Denmark executed for witchcraft.
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When 20 year old Ane Catrine Nielsdatter Bjerregaard in 1814 was beheaded.
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When Rasmus Pedersen Mørke in 1881 was executed by ax.
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The dark side of Denmark
The last execution in Denmark took place in Horsens State Prison 8 November 1892.
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Anders Nielsen was the last person in 1881 to be publicly executed in Denmark.
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When Maren and Niels ended their days under the executioner's ax in 1854 for the murder of Carl Frederik Jørgensen.
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The dark side of Denmark
Read about the "Glovemaker" gang, a gang of 43 persons in the period 1840-51 unfolded Denmark with thefts and felonies.
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Unhappy Christiane Jensdatter who poisoned her husband in 1873 in order to be with her lover.
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The dark side of Denmark
When the sexton at Fejø cemetery in 1881 found the body of a newborn full-term baby boy in a dunghill.
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The case of 2 child murders in 1884 on Fejø.
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The dark side of Denmark
When Elvira Madigan og Sixteen Sparre in 1889 ran away together.
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