Career
She was one of the first people executed for sorcery in Finland (which then was a part of Sweden) and also perhaps one of the best known victims of the witch hunt in present-day Finland. Marketta worked in nature medicine, and had the reputation of being a magician, something she encouraged and attempted to use for her benefit. The farmers began to fear her, and once a priest died, after having preached against her in church in 1656, she was arrested.
When she was put on trial in 1657, she was accused of making babies sick, enchanting beer, creating sickness, and killing two men with magic.
She responded that she had never harmed anyone, but the public opinion demanded a conviction, and she was judged guilty and sentenced to be burnt at the stake.
