Mora witch trial

The famous German illustration of the Mora witch trial, 1670. In the illustration the condemned are executed by burning at the stake, which was a common execution method in witch trials in Germany, but did not in fact occur at the Mora witch trial.

The Mora witch trial, which took place in Mora, Sweden, in 1669, is the most internationally famous Swedish witch trial. Reports of the trial spread throughout Europe, and a provocative German illustration of the execution is considered to have had some influence on the Salem witch trials. It was the first mass execution during the great Swedish witch hunt of 1668–1676.