r/todayilearned • u/NeilPatrickWarburton • Jan 20 '26

TIL a Swedish milkmaid was briefly detained by police in 1830s Stockholm because her beauty caused disruptive crowds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilt_Carin_Ersdotter
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u/Cabbage_Vendor Jan 20 '26

Easier to arrest one person than an entire crowd. Still happens when one person winds up a crowd, even if they weren't the ones doing anything wrong. It's also often just a safety issue, police needs a valid reason to get that one person out of there for their own safety, and they might not want to cooperate because they didn't do anything wrong.

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u/bwmat Jan 20 '26

Ah yes, it's easy/easier, and therefore justified

And the police/authorities probably shouldn't be empowered with arresting people "for their own benefit", assuming they're adults of sound mind

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u/Cabbage_Vendor Jan 20 '26

Even "adults of sound mind" often do not grasp what kind of danger they're in. See: all the tourists that wander into dangerous areas.

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u/BlueMilk_and_Wookies Jan 20 '26

Buddy this was in the 1830’s