Anders Paulsen

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Anders Poulsen (died 1692), was a Sami noaidi, who were the last victim of the many Vardø witch trials, who took place between 1621 and 1692.^[1]

He was born in Torne Lappmark in Sweden, married and lived in Varanger. He was active as a noaidi, and as such used a Sámi drum.

The drum was taken from him by force during the Christianization of the Sámi people in December 1691, and he was put on trial for idolatry for being a follower of the Pagan Sami shamanism religion. The law used to persecute him was however formally the witchcraft law.

The case was considered significant and the local authorities sent a request to Copenhagen about how to deal with it. Before a sentence could be reached, however, he was killed by a fellow prisoner who suffered from insanity.

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