Antti Lieroinen

Antti Lieroinen (died 1643), was a famous Finnish cunning man. He was sentenced to death for witchcraft in Åbo and executed accused of witchcraft, murder of a man and adultery after having seduced a married woman. He was famous in contemporary Finland for his alleged ability to find stolen objects and famed as a wizard long before his trial. He belongs to the most well known of the victims of the Finnish witch trials. He is the subject of a play, a poem and an opera.