Maria Faxell

Maria Faxell was a Swedish vicar's wife who, according to legend, averted a Norwegian attack in Sweden during the Great Northern War.

During the war between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, a Norwegian troupe passed the border in to Sweden and was observed at the farm Gryttve by Kölns church in Värmland. The vicar was away, and panic erupted in the parish. Faxell armed both male and female servants, told them to give up war cries and rung the bells, after which the Norwegians, according to the local legend, where frightened off believing there was a real Swedish army nearby.

See also

• Brita Olsdotter
• Lovisa von Burghausen
• Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar
• Anna Colbjørnsdatter

References

• Stålberg, Wilhelmina: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (Notes on Swedish women) (Swedish)

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