Pastor Manders

Introduced as the local pastor, friend of the Alving family, and advisor on the orphanage affairs. Manders discusses Engstrand’s Sailors’ Home, approves it, and later discovers the orphanage has burned down, noting it was uninsured. Manders prepares to leave by steamer, takes the estate papers, and considers reallocating Solvik property and funds for town projects, including a Sailors' Home.