Anna Eriksdotter

Anna Eriksdotter or Anna Ersdotter (1624 – 15 June 1704) called Sotpackan (English: 'soot witch'), was a Swedish woman who was executed for witchcraft. She was the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Sweden. Life Anna Eriksdotter was from Bollnäs. She moved to the village of Lista with her husband, who was a soldier, in 1680. She was rumored to have a pact with Satan for decades before she was put on trial because of her claimed ability to heal blood wounds and her good hand with animals, which gave her the sobriquet 'Sotpackan'. She was employed as a domestic servant of the parish vicar, but he fired her when he heard about the gossip about her. She was poor, and it appears that she was essentially begging, since it is described as normal for her to always ask for a gift of something when she left after visiting the villagers. One morning when the vicar was going to the church to give a sermon, seeds were observed laying on the road to the church, and when he arrived, he was allegedly unable to speak. The rumour was, that Anna had cast an spell on the vicar, making him unable to hold the sermon, as a revenge after he fired her.