
Ghost stories and executions in Iceland — when Hannah Kent and Agnes Magnusdottir became entwined
From Conversations
Published 5/15/2025

From Conversations
Published 5/15/2025
When writer Hannah Kent first visited Iceland in 2003, she came across a gothic true story about Agnes Magnusdottir, the last woman hanged in Iceland. That story would change her life.Hannah's arrival to the Nordic island as an exchange student in 2003 was a difficult one.On her first night in the…