Marcus Berg (1714âÂÂ1761) was a Swedish memoir writer.
He was abducted by Barbary pirates in 1754 and spent two years as a slave to the sultan of Morocco, before he was bought free and able to return to Sweden. His memoirs about his years as a slave in Morocco was published and attracted a lot of attention.
References
- Berg, Marcus, Svensk slav i Marocko: en bearbetning av Beskrifning öfwer barbariska slafweriet uti kejsardömet Fez och Marocco i korthet författad af Marcus Berg, som tillika med mÃÂ¥nga andra christna det samma utstÃÂ¥dt tvenne ÃÂ¥r och siu dagar, och derifrÃÂ¥n blifwit utlöst tillika med ÃÂ¥tta stycken andra swenska den 30 augusti 1756, Textab, Arboga, 1993