Fet-Mats

Fet-Mats
Born
Mats Israelsson

17th century
Boda, Svärdsjö, Kopparberg County, Sweden
Diedc. 1677
Falun Mine, near Falun, Kopparberg County, Sweden
Body discovered2 December 1719
Other namesFat Mats
PartnerMargaret Olsdotter

Fet-Mats or Fat Mats (born Mats Israelsson; died 1677) was a natural mummy found in Sweden in 1719.

In 1719, miners in the Falun Mine found an intact dead body in a water-filled, long-unused tunnel. When the body was put on display, it was identified by his former fiancée, Margaret Olsdotter, as Fet-Mats Israelsson, a native of Boda, Svärdsjö, Kopparberg County, who had disappeared 42 years earlier.

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