Anna Månsdotter was born in a village near Kristianstad in southern Sweden on 28 December 1841.
[1] Partly to quell rumours of incest between mother and son she organised for Per to marry Hanna Johansdotter (b.
1867), from a neighbouring village, and daughter of Johan Olson, a district judge, and his wife Hanna Andersdotter.
The trapdoor to the cellar was open, the neighbour saw Hanna dead at the foot of the steps.
[2][better source needed] The murder was not only notable because of the deed itself, but also because it was revealed that the mother and son had an incestuous relationship.
Anna Månsdotter was beheaded by axe on the district jail grounds in Kristianstad on August 7, 1890 by executioner Albert Gustaf Dahlman.
[3] The Yngsjö murder has been portrayed in numerous films and books over the years: