The winter of 1589, Princess Anne of Denmark departed from Copenhagen to marry King James VI of Scotland.
The Danish court at that time was greatly perplexed by witchcraft and the black arts, and this must have impressed on the young King James.
The Danish minister of finance, Christoffer Valkendorff, was accused by the Admiral Peder Munk of having equipped the royal ship so insufficiently that it had been unable to withstand the weather.
Koldings had named five other women as accomplices, among them Malin, wife of the mayor of Helsingor, and Margrethe Jakob Skrivers.
She confessed to have been one of them who, together with Koldings, attended the gathering of witches which caused the storms, which hunted the royal ship, by use of witchcraft, and named other women as accomplices.