Tjärby: a place of execution

Halland · Sweden · Execution site

On the edge of Tjärby parish in Laholm lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in rocky moraine, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's national heritage register as L1996:2103.

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Where is Tjärby: a place of execution located?

Tjärby: a place of execution is in Halland, Sweden.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.