In 1552, she married Absalon Pederssøn Beyer (1528-75), a fellow student of her brother's from Copenhagen who was a humanist, Lutheran clergyman, and theological lecturer at the Latin school in Bergen, where they lived.
In the final years of her husband Absalon Pedersson Beyer's life, Anne Pedersdotter was accused of witchcraft for the first time.
After Beyer's death, Anne Pedersdotter received a letter exempting her from taxes and allowing her to settle anywhere in the country.
The main accuser was the barber Adrian von Buskskott after his son Hans Rønnepog had courted Anne's daughter Susanne.
[3] Despite protests and support from several of the city's priests, Anne Pedersdotter was sentenced to death by burning at the stake.
Therefore, the family reopened the case in 1596, but the decision of the Herredag (the highest court of the time) in 1598 upheld the verdict.
Some years later, Anne's daughter Cecilien and son-in-law Werner Schellenberger traveled to Copenhagen with a letter to Christian IV, asking for the verdict to be overturned as unjust and harmful to the family.
[6] The son-in-law insisted that it was the governor of Bergenhus who, out of old hatred towards Anne Pedersdotter, had pressured the law speaker (a type of judge) and the city council to sentence her as a witch in 1590.
[7] Anne Pedersdotter, a drama in four acts by Norwegian playwright, Hans Wiers-Jenssen was performed in 1909.
This inspired La fiamma (1934) an opera by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi and the film Day of Wrath (1943) directed by Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer.
[8][9] [10] The 2009 album "Throw Money" by independent musician Kevin Loy features the composition Suite: Anne Pedersdotter.
[11] The Norwegian band Kvelertak wrote a song titled Witch Burning (Heksebrann) for their 2016 album Nattesferd.