Ghost stories Nordic style...

Put the Vicarage (a vicarage is a residence set up by the church for priest) of Brogvattnet on the travel list for next Halloween and check out what is said to be the most haunted location in Sweden with the highest number of ghost-to-person ratio anywhere.  There are only 50 residents in the village of Borgvattnet but still that is a pretty high ratio.

The Vicarage was built in 1876 for priests to have a place to stay.  The legend surrounding the Vicarage are that of babies buried in the yard, abused maids, and even that past Vicars haunted the house.

 The first reports of supernatural occurrences was in 1927 in a letter written by Chaplain Nils Hedlund who lived in the haunted house for holy men.  In the 1930s, Chaplain Rudolf Tangden claimed to see a woman in the house, and in the 1940s, Chaplain Otto Lindfren and his wife witnessed paranormal activities including moving objects and odd noises.  

There were also reports of rocking chairs rocking, three women sitting at the end of the bed, chairs tipping over, crying, screaming, knocking, footsteps, people in the shadows, and a Madonna (Mary) seen in a mirror.

Hauntings were continued to be reported and getting a lot of media attention which prompted Tore Forslund, an unconventional Lutheran priest, to try and clear the house of these mysterious mischief-makers.  He earned the nickname Ghostpriest.  He gave up after a year.  

Today the house is a bed and breakfast.  You can even rent the entire house if you dare and if you are brave enough to make it through one night, you will receive a certificate of bravery.