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Book cover of The Witches of Vardø
The Witches of VardøAnya Bergman

Characters in The Witches of Vardø

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Anna Rhodius

    A physician's daughter and skilled healer, formerly mistress to the King of Denmark, exiled to Vardø and petitioning by letter to be restored to favour.

  • Ingeborg Sigvaldsdatter

    A teenager who travels across the Arctic north to try to save her mother from imprisonment on charges of witchcraft.

Supporting characters

  • Maren (The Witches of Vardo)

    Ingeborg's companion on the journey north; her own mother has already been condemned as a witch.

  • Zigri Sigvaldsdatter

    Ingeborg's mother, accused of witchcraft after her affair with a merchant is discovered.