The farm is burning. The last execution in Iceland # 87091
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The Farm Burns. The Last Execution in Iceland. By Þórunn Jörla Valdimarsdóttir.
In 1828, Friðrik, a farmer's son in Katadalur, murdered his neighbor, the farmer and doctor Natan Ketilsson, in Illugastaðir in Húnavatnssýsla. Natan's wife, Sigríður, and his maid, Agnes, conspired with Friðrik, incited him, and provided loyal assistance. The three burned Natan's bedroom to conceal the act, which was committed for the purpose of enrichment, and helped to hide the theft so that it would not be consumed by the fire.
Magistrate Björn Blöndal called a court hearing on the case in the district. Detailed interrogations of the defendants and their families are recounted here, but they shed new light on the case and bring the reader closer to the real scene than the well-known oral histories.
Þórunn Jarla Valdimarsdóttir has written dozens of books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Snorri á Húsafell, Up á Sigurhæðir – saga Matthíasar Jochumssonar and Skúli fógeti – father of Reykjavíkur. She knows the art of illuminating the depths of lost ways and opening doors into worlds on the border between antiquity and information.
In 1828, Friðrik, a farmer's son in Katadalur, murdered his neighbor, the farmer and doctor Natan Ketilsson, in Illugastaðir in Húnavatnssýsla. Natan's wife, Sigríður, and his maid, Agnes, conspired with Friðrik, incited him, and provided loyal assistance. The three burned Natan's bedroom to conceal the act, which was committed for the purpose of enrichment, and helped to hide the theft so that it would not be consumed by the fire.
Magistrate Björn Blöndal called a court hearing on the case in the district. Detailed interrogations of the defendants and their families are recounted here, but they shed new light on the case and bring the reader closer to the real scene than the well-known oral histories.
Þórunn Jarla Valdimarsdóttir has written dozens of books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Snorri á Húsafell, Up á Sigurhæðir – saga Matthíasar Jochumssonar and Skúli fógeti – father of Reykjavíkur. She knows the art of illuminating the depths of lost ways and opening doors into worlds on the border between antiquity and information.