FORSSELL, HANS LUDVIG Swedish his torian and political writer, the son of Adolph Forssell, a distin guished mathematician, was born at Gefle, where his father was professor, on Jan. 14, 1843. He studied at Uppsala, and had a distinguished career in the civil service, becoming in 188o presi dent of the department of inland revenue. He died at San Bernardino, Switzerland, on Aug. 2, 1901. Of his historical writ ings the most important were : The Administrative and Econom ical History of Sweden after Gustavus I. (1869-75) and Sweden in 1S71 (1872).