Marburg is a settlement in the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and a suburb of Port Shepstone. Marburg was a Norwegian settlement given the name Marburg for a nearby German mission. The Norwegian founders played a significant role in the development of Marburg and Port Shepstone. The British colonial government gave the settlers a free voyage to South Africa and also houses and 100 acres of land. Marburg was the only successful Scandinavian settlement in South Africa.