Lasse Huittisista

Lasse (died September 1488) was a Finnish thief from Huittinen, who stole from dozens of churches in Sweden. He was eventually sentenced to death for his actions. though his date of birth and his life before moving from southwestern Finland to Sweden are unknown. Information about him is principally from court documents dating from September 1488. Lasse was caught and charged with dozens of burglaries in different churches before being sentenced to death by hanging. Lasse named 36 churches that he had broken into, and told about other churches that he did not know by name. There were possibly a total of fifty break-in targets. In only two cases did the break-in to the church fail, in Kalmar and Löt, both located in Uppland. of a gallows for theft and defamation of church peace. The evidence of the acts is unknown, but the confession Lasse made at the gallows to save his soul was recorded. He was hanged in Stockholm in September 1488.