Galgeberget is located far west of Ilevollen, at the base of Steinberget. It was the usual execution site in Trondheim, where death sentences were carried out. Up until the end of the 1600s, people could be sentenced to death for witchcraft and sorcery. The last person to be executed for witchcraft in Trondheim was here on October 12, 1674. Her name was Kirsten Iversdatter, and she was known as "Finn-Kirsten." "Finn" was the Norwegian word for Sámi at the time, so we know that Kirsten was Sámi. Kirsten Iversdatter was transported from the prison under guard, bound to a ladder with a rope that had been used to torture her, and thrown into a large fire. She was burned to death, and many people gathered to watch. 

Kirsten Iversdatter, Finn-Kirsten, was an extremely poor Sámi woman who wandered through the Norwegian villages of Gauldalen and other places. She was initially arrested and sentenced for crimes other than witchcraft, but eventually confessed to having made a pact with the Devil. We do not know much about her background, but she wandered with others and begged for her living. Kirsten Iversdatter had frightened people with threats if she didn’t get what she asked for. Perhaps she performed magic for payment. There was a market for such services, and Norwegians especially believed that Sámi people were skilled in such practices.