Birger Forell (September 27, 1893 in
Söderhamn,
Sweden
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– July 4, 1958 in
Borås
Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010.
Geography
Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the ...
, Sweden) was a Swedish Lutheran priest. He supported refugees, deported and prisoners of war during the Second World War and afterwards.
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.
1893 births
1958 deaths
20th-century Swedish Lutheran priests
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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