# Uncle Eberhard — The Story of Gösta Berling character guide

> Uncle Eberhard in The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Eberhard, Old Eberhard, the gentle old Uncle Eberhard

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-i-the-landscape

## Who they are

An elderly philosopher and pensioner who writes a great work.

## In the story

### [The Iron from Ekeby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-the-iron-from-ekeby)

Leaves his desk to join the pensioners on the barge journey to save Ekeby's honor.

### [XVIII: Amor Vincit Omnia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii-amor-vincit-omnia)

Completes his atheistic manuscript denying God and love; hides it in a chest to spare the young countess's faith.

### [XIX: The Broom-Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xix-the-broom-girl)

A pensioner who guards the young countess during the mob's attack.

## Links

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