Torsåker Parish, Diocese of Härnösand

Torsåker parish (Swedish: Torsåkers församling) is in the Diocese of Härnösand in what is now Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden.

In the 15th century the choir was expanded and the church was extended to the west.

[1] The Torsåker witch trials took place in the parish during 1675.

Hornæus was zealous in his work, by time the witch hunt was complete, 71 people, 65 women, and six men, had been beheaded and burned.

All the executions were held in a single day, making it one of the largest mass killings of accused witches in recorded history.