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Monday, 14 September 2026

Beheaded in Denmark

  In Denmark beheading with an axe was the traditional method of execution. The last person in Denmark to be beheaded with an axe was Jens Nielsen in 1892. The guillotine was never used in Denmark but it was used just once in Sweden, in 1910.


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