Olof Bergh

Olof Martini Bergh
Portrait of Ensign Olof Bergh in 1685
Captain of the Garrison
In office
circa 1695 – unknown
GovernorSimon Van Der Stel
Personal details
Born(1643-04-16)16 April 1643
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died19 July 1725(1725-07-19) (aged 81–82)
Constantia, Cape Colony
SpouseAnna de Coningh
ChildrenTwelve
Parents
  • Tollev Olsen Bjørge (unconfirmed) (father)
  • Marit Bjørge (unconfirmed) (mother)
EmployerDutch East India Company
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Olof Bergh (sometimes spelled Olaf or Oloff Bergh) was an early Swedish-South African explorer and Cape Colony official as well as the progenitor of the well-known Bergh family in South Africa. He is also a former owner of South Africa's first wine estate "Groot Constantia" after Simon van der Stel. His accounts of his travels to the interior of the Cape Colony are among some of the first Dutch writings to originate on South African soil.

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