ätteklubba

From ätt (“clan, family”) +‎ -e- +‎ klubba (“club”). Compare to Norwegian Bokmål ætteklubbe.

ätteklubba c

1. (folklore) a club used for killing elderly relatives (consensually) in premodern Scandinavia

   Synonym: släktklubba

   • 2014 August 31, Ellinor Eriksson, “Debatten om äldrevården var lika het då som nu [The eldercare debate was just as heated then as it is now]”, in Sveriges Radio‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 January 2026:

     – Det finns några bevarade så kallade ätteklubbor, men det finns inga belägg för att de någonsin har använts.

     "There are a few preserved so-called ätteklubbor, but there is no evidence that they were ever used."

Even if acts of geronticide have been reported among Sami people (as a form of euthanasia) and are known from Swedish and other European fairy tales (as a mandatory practice), the historicity and the physical evidences of the ätteklubba remain disputed.

• ättestupa

• ätteklubba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)