Bible Translators Theologians Tuve Nilsson Hasselquist (also spelled Tufve and Hasselqvist; also known as T. N.; March 2, 1816 – February 4, 1891) was a Swedish American Lutheran minister and church leader.

[2] Hasselquist was born in Hasslaröd, Osby Municipality, in Skåne County, Sweden, to Nils Tufvesson and Sissa Svensdotter.

The local parish priest convinced Tufvesson to send his son for further education, so he studied at a school in Kristianstad as a teenager, taking the surname Hasselquist.

The church he founded in Galesburg, Illinois, was in need of a pastor after Gustaf Palmquist, who had initially had the role, openly became Baptist.

[3] Through his publishing work, however, he "came to lead the political opinion among the Swedish immigrants" – many joined the Republican Party – and he advocated for the abolition of slavery.

[13] He was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity by Muhlenberg College and received the Order of the Polar Star from the King of Sweden.