On 4 November 1618, a married woman, Margareta Henriksdotter, was arrested in Stockholm for prostitution.
Among her clients were people in high positions, such as Adam Richard de la Chapelle, a captain in the royal guard.
The brothel, which also functioned as a place to sell stolen goods, was managed by Sara Simonsdotter, while the town executioner, Master Håkan, acted as a pimp.
[1] Several of the former prostitutes seem to have been banished from town, a sentence carried out by Master Håkan, who does not seem to have been punished for his part in the affair.
She was afterward deported to her home parish Kimito in Finland, with the warning that she was to be executed if she ever returned.