Simon Andersen
Simon Andersen was kapten among the snapphanes and he had a farm in Åkra in the western Vrams parish, Kristianstad County. He had the biggest friskyttekompanies during the Scanian War. Swedish soldiers encircled him in his yard. He probably escaped to Denmark. 1680 Simon was seen as baptism witness north of Copenhagen.
Lille Mads
Lille Mads was born in Rødding parish. In February 1677 his company, of 600 men, attacked Swedish troops on the ice in the middle of Finjasjön. In 1678 helped Lille Mads the Danish soldiers to do a raid in Ystad. Sven “Banketröja "Erlandsson tracked the men to Sövde windmill. After half hour of battle the Scanians drew back. They took four men and one of them was little Mads.
Store Truede
Store Truede lived for one year in a cave in the woods near the farm Burn Knoll, south from the lake Immeln. All farmers in the whole district promised the Swedes to keep the area clean from snapping males and therefore they sent out patrols to locate every Snapphane that they would kill. One of the patrols discovered Store Truede who sat on a stone outside his cave, and they shot him to death. The day after they carved a cross in the stone which, according to tradition must be seen on this day. The stone is now located in the south curve of the old road between Arkelstorp and Hjärsås. There are many legends about Store Truede, and one of them said that it was a tailor in Hjärsås who cheated him, and shot him at this place. It is said that his Friends carved a cross into the stone where he fell.
Bengt Månsson
Bengt Månsson came from Faralt and was a leader of Skåne Fagerhults snapphanes. He was executed in Ljungby. Today there is a statue of him in Skåne Fagerhult.
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