Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Syvert Omundsen Eeg an haife shi ne a Søgne a Vest-Agder, Norway. Ya yi aiki a matsayin manomi da kuma shugaban jirgin ruwa. Ya yi rajista a matsayin ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa a Kristiansand a 1796. Ya yi tafiya a kan jirgin "Strandmaagen" da kuma brig "Anne Marie". Daga baya ya zama kyaftin na jirgin ruwa "Emanuel" da "Peter". An tsare shi a Ingila sakamakon haramcin Birtaniya na Norway
a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Napoleon.