# Josef Marin — Martin Birck’s Youth character guide

> Josef Marin in Martin Birck’s Youth by Hjalmar Söderberg.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Josef

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Who they are

A character who interacts with Martin, possibly a friend or colleague, with a distinct personality.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_birck_s_youth_se/chapters/iv)

A fellow student who is to become a clergyman, he toasts the ontological proof and later insists on prophesying before Charles XII's statue.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_birck_s_youth_se/chapters/v)

An old schoolmate who never became a clergyman; now writes for a newspaper, compromising his sincerity.

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