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Charlotte Löwensköld and Anna Svärd. In the latter, it is revealed that Marit, enraged that the Löwenskölders once again failed a young, poor woman, pronounced a curse on the entire family - just as Marit lost three of her own, three Löwenskölders will die a violent death.
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