# Birger Forell

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**Birger Forell** (September 27, 1893 in [Söderhamn](/source/S%C3%B6derhamn), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) – July 4, 1958 in [Borås](/source/Bor%C3%A5s), Sweden) was a Swedish Lutheran priest. He supported [refugees](/source/World_War_II_evacuation_and_expulsion) and [prisoners of war](/source/Prisoner_of_war) during the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II) and afterwards.

Forell was one of the main influences at the Norton Prisoner of War camp in [Norton, Cuckney](/source/Norton,_Cuckney,_Holbeck_and_Welbeck) England. Its students included [Jurgen Moltmann](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Moltmann) who later became an eminent theologian.[1]

There is a memorial dedicated to him in the Swedish Church in Berlin. In 1993, a postage stamp was released to commemorate his 100th birthday.

## References

1. Jurgen Moltmann, 'A Broad Place', 2013, p94

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