Sofia Maria Ekwall [SEP] convicted of
Sofia Maria Ekwall
Sofia Maria Ekwall, (1826–1897), was a Swedish woman judged for two murders and for the murder of her father. The murder was one of the most known in the 19th century in Sweden, and Ekwall was one of the infamous female murderers in Swedish history before Anna Månsdotter.
Background.
Sofia Maria was the eldest daughter of Per Ludvig Ekwall, son of the statesman Christopher Retzius Ekwall, a wealthy man described as an honest but depressive person. In 1844, Per Ekwall had moved
Stina Forsberg had scraped and eaten the leftovers from the pot, and the little daughter had then eaten from her father's plate.
The police also discovered that the eldest daughter, Sofia Maria, had sent for arsenic from the apothecary, with the intention of removing stains from her silk-dress. Vilhelm Ekwall was then released from jail.
The everyday life of the Ekwall family was investigated. It was discovered that Per Ekwall had been an alcoholic and a domestic tyrant. He had refused to give his daughter Sofia