The Execution Rock
Late at night on the 31 of July 1853 the 26-year-old farmworker Anders Gustav Pettersson brutally murders his very cruel employer Hugo Fredrik Jaedren at the gates to the Näringsberg estate together with a compatriot. Jaedren was on his way home from a weekly visit to Stockholm when he was attacked and killed by the two men. They were arrested the following day. The trial took place at Tingshuset in Västerhaninge, and two years later Anders Gustav Pettersson became the last person to be executed here. He was beheaded. The rock stands next to the bike path that I use on a daily basis. Day 26 in my project 100 Days Of Darkness.
The Execution Rock
Late at night on the 31 of July 1853 the 26-year-old farmworker Anders Gustav Pettersson brutally murders his very cruel employer Hugo Fredrik Jaedren at the gates to the Näringsberg estate together with a compatriot. Jaedren was on his way home from a weekly visit to Stockholm when he was attacked and killed by the two men. They were arrested the following day. The trial took place at Tingshuset in Västerhaninge, and two years later Anders Gustav Pettersson became the last person to be executed here. He was beheaded. The rock stands next to the bike path that I use on a daily basis. Day 26 in my project 100 Days Of Darkness.