Introduction
Forseti is a god of justice, law and reconciliation, son of Baldr and Nanna, associated with fair judgment and the peaceful settlement of disputes between gods and, in some accounts, between mortals as well.
Family
The finest court
Snorri Sturluson describes Forseti's hall, Glitnir, as having pillars of gold and a roof of silver, and says that whoever comes before him with a legal dispute, whether god or human, leaves fully reconciled, since Forseti is the best of all judges, able to settle any case fairly.
A quiet inheritance
Forseti has little independent narrative beyond this role, but his association with peace and fair judgment is often read as a fitting inheritance from his parents Baldr, the gentlest and most beloved of the gods, and Nanna, whose devotion to her husband was absolute.
Later Frisian tradition
Medieval sources connect Forseti's worship with the Frisians of the North Sea coast, associating him with a sacred island (identified with modern Helgoland) where his temple stood and where legal oaths and judgments were traditionally sworn, suggesting his cult had genuine, localised religious significance beyond the literary mythology.