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Swedish memoir writer
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Male
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Birth:
1714
Death:
1761
The details
Biography
Marcus Berg (1714–1761) 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.