FORSANDER, NILS: Lutheran; b. at Gladsax, Sweden, Sept. 11, 1846. He emigrated to the United States in 1870 and completed his education at Angustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Ill. (B.A., 1872). He was ordained to the ministry in 1873 and was pastor at Sagetown, Ill., 1873-75, Kingston, Ia., 1875-80, and Bettresda, Ia., 1880-89. Since 1889 he has been professor of theology at Augustana College and Theological Seminary. He was secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod 1886-90, and in theology is a strict evangelical member of his denomination. He has been editor of the Augustana Theological Quarterly since 1900, and has written Augsburgiska bekännelsen med förklaringar (Rock Island, Ill., 1899) and Vår lutherska kyrkas ställning till andre kyrkosamfund (1906).