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Illustration to a broadside from 1830.
Pinnapå: Execution place at Galgamon
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- County: Jönköpings län
- 6752.52 km away from you
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The last execution in Värnamo took place in the morning of 13 January 1836, when Petter Kuno was beheaded as a punishment for murdering his wife with an axe. In 1766, the farmhand Per Erlandsson was sentenced to beheading for the double murder of a shepherd boy and a shepherdess. In 1642, the maid Karin Nilsdotter was executed for the murder of a child.
No one knows for sure how many people lost their lives at the execution place in Värnamo, a site featuring a tall gallows whose silhouette stood out against the sky as a deterrent to people travelling on the Jönköping road. Investigations have shown that the gallows was most likely located on Bangårdsgatan level with the railway depot, now industrial buildings.
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This sign is part of the town history walk “Pinnapå”. The whole route is around 5 km and includes 12 signs. Pinnapå is part of “Värnamo – Tales of Our Town”, a historical exhibition in the cultural centre Gummifabriken, housed in Värnamo’s ancient rubber factory.
The signs are designed by Gro Knutsen and are inspired by spindle-back chairs (pinnstolar), a famous cultural heritage from Värnamo. (Hence the name Pinnapå, which means to walk on at a steady pace.)
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Kontaktcenter Värnamo kommun Kyrktorget 1, 331 83 Värnamo Telefon 0370-37 70 00 www.varnamo.se
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