Carl Emil Pettersson

Carl Emil Pettersson

A Swedish sailor named Carl Emil Pettersson shipwrecked on an island inhabited by cannibals in 1904. He was captured and taken to a local king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married, had nine children with her, and became the king after his father-in-law.

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