Vardø witch trials (1651–1653)

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The Vardø witch trials of 1651–1653 took place in Vardø in Northern Norway. It resulted in the death of seventeen women by burning.^[1] 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 was exposed to torture and pointed out each other as accomplices.