the peasants. His intent was to purge the country from everything which did not answer to the Lutheran doctrine, including everything from old Catholic and Pagan customs to sex outside of marriage; it also caused the first wave of witch trials in Sweden, though they did not lead to any death sentences. The Duke Charles, who had by now been crowned as Charles IX, got upset by the agitations from the archbishop. After the archbishop had undertaken some other actions that the king did not approve of, the king put him on trial for not doing his duty in 1599. In spite of the bishops' refusal to admit him guilty, the king decided that he was indeed so, and had him imprisoned. Eventually he was transferred to Gripsholm prison where he remained until his death in October 1607. See also List of Archbishops of Uppsala References Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon, article Angermannus In Swedish Nordisk familjebok In Swedish Bengt Ankarloo, Satans raseri Herman Lindqvist, Historien om Sverige, Gustav Vasa och hans söner 1540 births 1607 deaths People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality 16th-century Lutheran archbishops Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala 16th-century Swedish people Swedish people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Swedish detention