Afyakan (The Execution) Þrístapar Site, Hringvegur 541, Iceland

THE EXECUTION

 

According to some witnesses, Agnes was unconscious when she was executed. It is said that the reverend, who accompanied her, held her hair away from her neck while she was decapitated. Agnes was the last person to be executed in Iceland.

 

AFTAKAN

 

Að sögn vitna féli Agnes í ómegin áður en hun var tekin af lifi. Sagt er að presturinn sem fylgdi henni hafi haldið hárinu frá hálsinum á meðan hún var höggvin. Agnes var síðasta manneskjan sem tekin var af lífi á Islandi.

 

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