Sankt Hans

Celebrating Sankt Hans Aften (Saint John's Eve in English) is an important midsummer custom in Denmark. Why is the occasion so important in the Nordic ...

The last ‘witch’ to be killed in this way was Anne Palles, a Danish woman accused of sorcery and executed in 1693 on the island of Falster. This also gives a connection to the solstice and days becoming shorter again after midsummer. It is therefore slightly after the actual midsummer, the solstice on June 21st.