Sofia Maria Ekwall, (1826–1897), was a Swedish woman judged for two murders and for the murder of her father. The murder was one of the most known in the 19th century in Sweden, and Ekwall was one of the infamous female murderers in Swedish history before Anna Månsdotter.
Read more about Sofia Maria Ekwall: Background, The Murders, The First Arrests, The Second Arrests, Trial and Verdict
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