Magnus Berg (28 November 1666 – 31 March 1739) was a Norwegian-born wood carver, painter, sculptor and non-fiction writer who settled in Denmark.

[1] Berg was born in Gudbrandsdal where his father worked for the Selsverket Kobberverk at Sel in Oppland county, Norway.

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve who was viceroy to (Statholder) of Norway discovered his skill as a woodcarver.

In 1690–94, the king apprenticed him to the court painter Peder Andersen Normand at Frederiksborg Castle.

As an artist paid by the king, he had to make a four-year study trip to Italy and Paris.