List of People Who Were Beheaded - Sweden

Sweden

  • Matthias Gregersson (1520) – Bishop of Strängnäs. Executed by Danes in the Stockholm Bloodbath
  • Vincens Henningsson (1520) – Bishop of Skara. Executed by Danes in the Stockholm Bloodbath
  • Anna Zippel (1676) – Executed in Stockholm for witchcraft
  • Brita Zippel (1676) – sister of above. Executed in Stockholm for witchcraft
  • Gävle Boy (1676) – witness in the trial against the above sisters. Executed for perjury
  • Anna Eriksdotter (1704) - beheaded for sorcery.
  • Jacob Johan Anckarström (1792) – executed for assassination of Gustav III
  • Anna Månsdotter (1890) – executed by axe for murder. Last woman executed in Sweden
  • John Filip Nordlund (1900) – Executed by axe in Västerås for mass murder
  • Johan Alfred Ander (1910) – Executed by guillotine in Stockholm for murder. Last Swedish execution

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