# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gertrud-svensdotter
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:28:34.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gertrud-svensdotter"
name: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
slug: "gertrud-svensdotter"
description: "Gertrud Svensdotter (1656–1675) was a Swedish shepherdess. She was the witness and accuser in the witch trial against Märet Jonsdotter in 1668, the trial that unleashed the great witch hysteria in Sweden called Stora oväsendet, involving a series of witch trials in many parts of the nation and lasting until 1676."
tagline: "Initiator of the Swedish witch hysteria"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1656"
deathDate: "1675"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.65
  momentum:             3.105521472392638
  historical:           6.545897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Svensdotter"
    title: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Svensdotter"
    title: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Svensdotter"
    title: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Svensdotter"
    title: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Svensdotter"
    title: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Svensdotter"
    title: "Gertrud Svensdotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Свенсен, Гертруда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4981466"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump