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The book apparently characterizes Sweden as having extremely severe witch-hunts, implying it rivaled or surpassed Salem’s. In reality, Sweden had around 300–400 witch trials in total until the beginning of 17th century. Sweden’s witch-hunt period was intense but not on the scale suggested (which is Salem), so the comparison is misleading. Who cares.
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The book false facts:Johan Gadolin is called a Swede, but he was actually born in Turku (Åbo), which is in present-day Finland. At the time of Gadolin’s birth (1760), Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden, which can cause confusion. Johan Gadolin was a Finish chemist.
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