POMPE HEDENGREN
Pompe Hedengren is an artist and artistic director. Curiosity and passion drive him to create new exhibitions, films, books, and digital works.
Together with his artistic team, he has won 61 international awards so far. The clients include the Royal Opera, the National Museum, the Concert Hall, the Nordic Museum, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, and the Modern Museum.
Agent: Moa Alfvén
WORKS
WITCHES
PUBLISHED bonnier fakta, 2025
GENRE HISTORY
PAGES 240
RIGHTS
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE
In 1668, a wave of diabolical hysteria swept across Sweden. Women suddenly found themselves accused of witchcraft and demonic communion. From the capital came a witchcraft commission, armed with the power to condemn to death. As their judgments began to fall, they ignited witch fires that soon blazed throughout the nation. This was the beginning of "The Great Noise"—a terror that would claim nearly 300 women's lives before its final echo faded.
"Witches" chronicles the history of sorcery, examining the Swedish witch trials broadly while focusing on the phenomenon of The Great Noise. Through haunting fictional photographs, readers encounter the challenging gazes of the victims. Alongside these mesmerizing images runs the factual narrative of one of the most profound judicial tragedies in Swedish history.
Witches was written together with Cecilia Düringer.
REVIEWS
‘It is impossible not to be fascinated by the witch myth and the horrific processes that swept across the world during the 17th century. Men's perceptions of women's nature and sexuality are key to understanding the witch trials. A new book pedagogically summarizes the fury that swept over Sweden in the 17th century.
Interspersed with the texts are Pompe Hedengren's images, digitally created to 'honor and make visible the dead.' The images can currently also be viewed in an interactive exhibition at the Historical Museum in Stockholm which gives an effectively eerie effect.’
Dagens Nyheter
‘The illustrations remain the book's greatest asset, especially the Hieronymus Bosch-inspired images in the chapter titled "The Satan Suite". The women, children, and men gazing at me from the pages appear as if taken from a horror film.’
Svenska Dagbladet
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