Reginheim

Balder:

Names:	Proto-Germanic: *Balþraz ("Bold One") Western Germanic: Balder, Baldur, Bealdor (Anglo-Saxon), Fol, Paltar, Palter, Phol Northern Germanic: Bald, Baldr
God of:	Balder was sometimes associated with Light and Vegetation
Appearance:	Baldr was said to be the most beautiful of all the gods, he had golden blond hair and he radiated light

Just like his son Forseti Balder was originally a Frisian god, but his worship was soon spread to other areas like Scandinavia and Saxony, he is the son of Odin (Wodan) and Frigg (Erda), he is married to Nanna and his son is Forseti, the god of Justice.
According to the saga's he radiates light and is beautiful to see, he is the incarnation of goodness and is loved by every living being in the universe.
He is a master of runes and they are even carved on his tongue, he learned the runes from his father Wodan.

Balder once had terrible dreams in which his fate was shown to him, he would be killed and he saw himself laying on a funeral pile, he then awoke in cold sweat.
He told the other gods about his dreams and they were all worried about him, his mother Frigg immediately visited all of the nine worlds and made every existing thing promise not to hurt her son, even the trees and the stones made this promise.
From that day forward Balder was invulnerable to everything and the other gods made good use of this by practicing their archery on him, Loki (the god of wildfire) made an arrow of mistletoe because this was a new plant that had not sworn the oath to Frigg and he gave it to Balder's brother; the blind god Hoder.
"Come on Hoder, join the fun! shoot this arrow at your brother, you know it can't hurt him..." Loki said to Hoder, Hoder took the arrow and shot it at Balder, who fell down and died.
Balder was put on a funeral pile and his father Wodan walked up to his dead son and wispered something in his ear, he then gifted him his ring Draupnir and the pile was lit.
Because Balder did not die in battle he went to Helheim, where he became the prisoner of the godess Hel, the gods sent their messenger Hermod to Helheim to ask Hel to release Balder, she replied by saying that she would release Balder when everything in all of the nine worlds would mourn him.
The gods quickly sent messengers to all corners of the nine worlds and everything began to cry; Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Giants, Gods, trees, grass, and even the stones, everything that existed in the entire universe mourned the death of Balder and the soil became wet with tears, but somewhere in a cave sat a witch named Thökk (who was actually Loki in disguise) who refused to mourn Balder; "Let Hel keep what she posesses!" she said, and Balder had to stay in Helheim until the end of times.

In the Edda's Balder is depicted as a soft and gentle god who is killed by Loki but in Saxo Grammaticus' "Gesta Danorum" he is depicted as a Hercules-like halfgod who likes fighting and women, in Saxo's version there is no mention of Loki and instead Balder fights with Hoder about princess Nanna and gets killed by him.
There are no signs that Balder received any worship or offerings, just like Loki he was probably more seen like a character who played a role in the lives of the gods and had little to do with human affairs.
He does seem to have had a connection with the Midsummer celebration though; in the Netherlands for instance a saint called st.-Jan (st.-John) is honoured on June 24, which coinsides with the Midsummer celebration, and just like Balder st.-Jan is strongly associated with light.
In some Catholic parts of the Netherlands the people burn incense for st.-Jan during this period to become a good harvest and bonfires are also lit for him.
Whether or not st.-Jan is a Christianized version of Balder is difficult to say but many local traditions do suggest such a connection.