Vardø
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Oct 8, 2026
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
But first, he cast me in the likeness of a raven.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
And with eleven other witches, we caroused on Balvålen near Vardø.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
We also went to the mountain Lyderhorn near Bergen, in the shapes of ravens, dogs and cats.
Lisa WilliamsHOST
So in Mari's account, this wasn't a familiar.
Lisa WilliamsHOST
And this is the first time that we hear Kirsten Sorenstadter's name.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
I took part in raising a dreadful storm in 1617 on Christmas Eve.
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Ten boats went down then, of Kiber and Vardø.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
Forty people drowned.
Rune BlixhagenGUEST
In 1619, he was appointed the district governor for Finnmark, and he was sent by Christian IV.
Rune BlixhagenGUEST
He had quite a lot of experience going to the Arctic, so he was sent up to Vardø to take care of the borders, especially against Russia, but also against Sweden.
Lisa WilliamsHOST
That was his official mandate.
Lisa WilliamsHOST
But was he really sent to hunt
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Liv Helene WillumsenGUEST
Before they were burned, they got the sacrament from the minister so that there is this idea of salvation in the next life.
Lisa WilliamsHOST
That was the ordinary ritual, but Karin's record does not tell us whether she received it.
Liv Helene WillumsenGUEST
The accused person was led to a place called Stalnæse in Vardø if the trial took place there.
Liv Helene WillumsenGUEST
And this was the place of the gallows.
Isa Maline IseneGUEST
So there were quite lots of people living here then as well, but then just...
Isa Maline IseneGUEST
since then people have moved and now it's just there are lots of abandoned houses and people in Vardø are really really trying to stay positive and to make something Innovative and new for this town because it's
Lisa WilliamsHOST
such an interesting place.
Lisa WilliamsHOST
Isa tells me that fewer than 2,000 people live here now and that number is slowly falling.