Career
Born in Lübeck in the north of Germany, Berg possibly first worked as a sculptor in Veit Stoss"s workshop in Nuremberg. He was invited to Denmark by Queen Christine, arriving in about 1504 to head the workshop in Odense, one of the most important in Europe at the time, where he coordinated the work of his 12 assistants until 1532. The queen took great care of him, giving him Apostelgården, a nearby farm, as a home and, by some accounts, providing him with the company of one of her maids as a wife.
In 1507, he is mentioned as a citizen of Odense and in 1508 and 1510 as a painter in the queen"s accounts.
The decorated choir in Odense"s Gråbrødre Church, especially the altarpiece which can now be seen in Odense Cathedral, is the only work which can be directly attributed to Berg. Other works have been ascribed to him on the basis of their style, for example the altarpiece in Sanderum.
Berg"s son, Frants, whose godmother was Queen Christine, became a priest at Street Nikolaj Church in Copenhagen and later Bishop of Oslo.