Lecture at Ljung’s Castle: “The Great Noise – when the witch hunt swept over Sweden”

Welcome to Ljung Castle for a lecture on witch hunts with Cecilia Düringer!

In 1668, Satan’s fury was unleashed in Sweden. Suddenly, women were accused of witchcraft and consorting with the devil. The capital sent out a commission with the authority to impose the death penalty. Judgments began to fall – and it sparked the witch bonfires to ignite across the country. “The Great Noise” had begun, and before it quieted, nearly 300 women’s lives had been extinguished.

What really happened during those dramatic years? Cecilia Düringer tells of a bygone world that can feel both foreign and eerily similar to our own time.

The castle opens at 17.30. You are welcomed with a glass of bubbly in the beautiful entrance hall and can peacefully look at the exhibitions about the castle’s architect “Jean Eric Rehn – industrial designer and jack-of-all-trades” and “Folklore and the year’s holidays”, sit down at the back and enjoy the park, and visit the Castle Shop. Just before 18.30, the doors to the Dining Room, where the lecture takes place, open. The lecture lasts about 1 hour.

A warm welcome!