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Laurentius Christophori Hornaeus (born Lars Christoffersson in 1645) was a Swedish priest. He was responsible for the Torsåker witch trials, the largest witch-hunt in Swedish history, that took place between 1674 and 1675.
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In Dutch, Laurentius is pronounced as: /lɑu̯.'rɛn.si.jʏs/
With that said, the name has also seen some use in Scandinavia, but not to the same extent, i.e. it's extremely rare over there.
Sources:
• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Laurentius (in Dutch; contains an audio file of the pronunciation)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Laurentius/nl/ (in Dutch; contains several audio files)
• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Laurentius (in English)
• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Laurentius (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Laurentius&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
• (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Laurentius&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://www.facebook.com/search/people?q=laurentius
• Laurentius Beyerlinck (1578-1627): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentius_Beyerlinck (in Dutch)
• Laurentius "Laurens" Kirkels (1897-1960): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Kirkels (in Dutch)
• Laurentius "Laurens" Siebers (1948-2022): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Siebers (in Dutch)
• Laurentius "Laurent" Deckers (1883-1978): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Deckers (in English)
• Laurentius "Laurent" Schrijnen (1861-1932): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentius_Schrijnen (in Dutch)
• Laurentius "Rens" Waters (b. 1959): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rens_Waters (in Dutch)
• obituary of Laurentius "Lau" Pover (1926-2018): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/laurentius-(lau)-pover-782298 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Laurentius "Lau" Vermue (1989-2023): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/laurentius-(lau)-vermue-581626 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Laurentius "Lau" Visser (c. 1933-2017): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/laurentius-%28lau%29-visser-816158 (in Dutch)
• obituary of Laurentius "Rens" van der Aa (1924-2019): https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/laurentius-joannes-%28rens%29-van-der-aa-831045 (in Dutch)