Quiwe Baarsen

Quiwe Baarsen (pronounced /ˈkiːviː/ KI-vi) (died 1627), was a North Sami shaman.

Baarsen was a Noaidi and a resident at Årøya, an island in the Altafjord just north of Alta.

In May 1627, he was put on trial in Hasvaag accused of having procured wind by use of magic for the sailor Niels Jonsen in 1625.

Afterward, he was asked to repeat it by the wife of one of Jonsen's fishermen, which he did by throwing a pig into the sea.

On 11 May 1627, Quiwe Baarsen was judged guilty of having caused five people to drown by the wind he had created by use of magic, and sentenced to be burned alive.