Books set in Finnmark, Norway

Norway’s far north-east, where the women of Vardø ran the island after a storm drowned its men in 1617, until the witch trials.

1 place, 1 book

2020
The Mercies
2020 · Kiran Millwood Hargrave · novelVardø, Finnmark
1617: a storm drowns Vardø’s men, and its women live alone until a witch-hunter comes.

Updated October 2026