Bengt may refer to:

People

In arts, entertainment and media

Actors

* Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer *

Bengt Ekerot Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot (8 February 1920 – 26 November 1971) was a Swedish actor best known for portraying Death in '' The Seventh Seal'' (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. In 1956, he directed the world premiere of '' Long Day's Journey i ...

(1920–1971), Swedish actor and director *

Bengt Eklund Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor. He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series '' Vi på Saltkråkan''. Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also ...

(1925–1998), Swedish actor *

Bengt Logardt Bengt Logardt (9 October 1914 – 25 September 1994) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1941 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''How to Tame a Real Man'' (1941) * ''Take Care of Ul ...

(1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director *

Bengt Nilsson (actor) Bengt Roger Nilsson he is now known as ''Bengt'' Åke Braskered (born 15 March 1967 in Vittangi, Kiruna Municipality, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. Filmography As a writer He wrote the miniseries ''En Kunglig Affär or A Royal Secret'' for Sve ...

(born 1954), Swedish actor

Journalists and writers

* Bengt Feldreich (1925-2019), Swedish journalist and teacher * Bengt Frithiofsson (born 1939), Swedish wine writer *

Bengt Lidner Bengt Lidner (March 16, 1757 – January 4, 1793) was a Swedish poet, born in Gothenburg. His opera ''Medea'' was translated to English and played in England during his lifetime, but wasn't played in Sweden until 2004. His father died when he w ...

(1757–1793), Swedish poet * Bengt Linder (1929–1985), Swedish writer and journalist * Bengt Magnusson (born 1950), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter *

Bengt Pohjanen Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix Överkalix (; fi, Ylikainuu) is a locality and the seat of Överkalix Municipality in ...

(born 1944), Swedish author, translator and priest * Bengt Öste (1927–2004), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter

In music

* Bengt Berger (born 1942), Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer * Bengt Calmeyer, Swedish musician in the band Turbonegro * Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer *

Bengt Forsberg Bengt Forsberg (born 1952) is a Swedish concert pianist most famous for his numerous collaborations with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. He participated in her project to record songs written in the concentration camp of Terezín. Forsberg ...

(born 1952), Swedish concert pianist *

Bengt Hallberg Bengt Hallberg (13 September 1932 – 2 July 2013) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger.John Fordha"Bengt Hallberg obituary" theguardian.com, 7 August 2013 Born in Gothenburg, he studied classical piano from an early age, and wr ...

(1932–2013), Swedish jazz musician *

Bengt Hambraeus Bengt Hambraeus ( Stockholm, Sweden, January 29, 1928 – Glen Roy, Ontario, (in Glengarry County), near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 21, 2000) was a Swedish-Canadian organist, composer and musicologist. Biography Hambreaus studied organ ...

(1928–2000), Swedish organist, composer and musicologist * Bengt Lagerberg (born 1973), drummer in the Swedish rock band The Cardigans

In other arts

* Bengt Erland Fogelberg (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor *

Bengt Forslund Bengt Forslund (born 22 June 1932) is a Swedish film producer, screenwriter and production manager. He produced and co-wrote (with Jan Troell) '' The Emigrants'' (1971), for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for both Best Picture and W ...

(born 1932), Swedish film producer, screenwriter and production manager *

Bengt Lindroos Bengt Ingmar Lindroos (22 September 1918 – 22 August 2010) was a Swedish architect. Lindroos started drafting houses for a local builder at the age of 17 years and received his formal education at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1942- ...

(1918–2010), Swedish architect * Bengt Lindström (1925–2008), Swedish artist *

(1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director * Bengt Nordenberg (1822–1902), Swedish artist * Bengt Schalin (1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

In government and politics

* Bengt-Anders Johansson (born 1951), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Bengt Berg (born 1946), Swedish poet and politician * Bengt Bergt (born 1982), German drummer and politician * Bengt Börjesson (1920–1977), Swedish politician * Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702), Swedish statesman * Bengt Gottfried Forselius (c. 1660–1688), founder of public education in Estonia * Bengt Göransson (1932–2021), Swedish politician * Bengt Holgersson (born 1941), first Governor of Skåne County * Bengt Hult (1917–2008), Swedish jurist, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden * Bengt Lidforss (1868–1913), Swedish socialist * Bengt Norling (1925–2002), Swedish politician *

Bengt Rösiö Per Bengt Magnus Ingemar Rösiö (14 May 1927 – 19 May 2019) was a Swedish diplomat and author. He served as Ambassador to 17 countries and authored 20 books, mainly on diplomacy. He is more widely known however for having conducted the Swedish ...

(1927–2019), Swedish diplomat *

Bengt Westerberg Bengt Carl Gustaf Westerberg (born 23 August 1943) is a Swedish politician. He was leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1983 to 1995, member of the Riksdag from 1984 to 1994 and Minister for Social Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister 1991 ...

(born 1943), Swedish politician

In science and academia

Life sciences

Bengt Anders Euphrasén Bengt Anders Euphrasén (born 1756 in the parish of Habo, historical province of Västergötland, Sweden; died 25 December 1796 in Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist. Euphrasén studied at the veterinary school in Skara and then entered Uppsala Uni ...

(1756–1796), Swedish botanist and zoologist *

Bengt Berg (ornithologist) Bengt Magnus Kristoffer Berg (9 January 1885 – 31 July 1967) was a Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for photos and movies of birds, taken on several expeditions. His avifauna ...

(1885–1967), Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer and writer *

Bengt Nölting Bengt Nölting (1 May 1962 – 16 September 2009) was a German physicist and biophysicist who pioneered various methods in biophysics and engineering. Achievements include studying biological macromolecules, the development of self-evolving comp ...

(1962–2009), German physicist and biophysicist *

Bengt I. Samuelsson Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (born 21 May 1934) is a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances. Education a ...

(born 1934), Swedish biochemist * Bengt Schalin (1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

Physical sciences

Bengt Andersson Qvist Bengt Andersson Qvist (sometimes Benct Qvist or Bengt Quist (21 October 1726 – 14 October 1799) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist. He was assistant of Sven Rinman and after a visit to steel plants in Britain he built a demonstration pl ...

(1729–1799), Swedish chemist and mineralogist *

Bengt Edlén Bengt Edlén (2 November 1906, Gusum – 10 February 1993, Lund) was a Swedish professor of physics and astronomer who specialized in spectroscopy. He was the first who identified the unknown coronal spectral lines in the Corona, which was u ...

(1906–1993), Swedish professor of physics and astronomer *

(1962–2009), German physicist and biophysicist * Bengt Nordén (born 1945), Swedish chemist * Bengt Strömgren (1908–1987), Danish astronomer and astrophysicist; namesake of asteroid 1846 Bengt

Other disciplines

Bengt-Åke Lundvall Bengt-Åke Lundvall (born 1941, Sweden) is an emeritus professor in economics at the Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University. Biography Lundvall obtained his MA in economics at the University of Gothenburg in 1967. * Lundval ...

(born 1941), professor of Business Studies at Aalborg University in Denmark *

Bengt Danielsson Bengt Emmerik Danielsson (6 July 1921 – 4 July 1997) was a Swedish anthropologist, writer, and a crew member on the ''Kon-Tiki'' raft expedition from South America to French Polynesia in 1947. In 1991, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award f ...

(1921–1997), anthropologist and crew member on the Kon-Tiki * Bengt Feldreich (1925–2019), Swedish journalist and teacher *

Bengt Holbek Bengt Holbek (April 1, 1933 – August 27, 1992) was a Danish folklorist who wrote one of the definitive works of fairy tale scholarship entitled ''Interpretation of Fairy Tales'' (1987). This 660 page book details a method for use in the an ...

(1933–1992), Danish folklorist *

Bengt R. Holmström Bengt may refer to: People In arts, entertainment and media Actors * Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer * Bengt Ekerot (1920–1971), Swedish actor and director * Bengt Eklund (1925–1998), Swedish actor * Bengt Logardt (1914 ...

(born 1949), Finnish professor of economics at M.I.T. * Bengt af Klintberg (born 1938), Swedish ethnologist

In sport

Aquatic sports

Bengt Backlund Bengt Backlund (3 March 1926 – 11 July 2006) was a Swedish flatwater canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-1 1000 m and the C-1 1000m m ev ...

(1926–2006), Swedish flatwater canoer *

Bengt Baron Bengt Baron (born 6 March 1962) is a business leader and former backstroke swimmer from Sweden. Baron won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4×100 ...

(born 1962), Swedish former backstroke swimmer *

Bengt Gingsjö Bengt Gingsjö (15 April 1952 – 14 September 2022) was a Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Econom ...

(1952–2022), Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer * Bengt Heyman (1883–1942), Swedish sailor * Bengt Linfors, Swedish sprint canoer * Bengt Palmquist (1923–1995), Swedish sailor * Bengt Zikarsky (born 1967), German former freestyle swimmer

Football (soccer)

* Bengt Berg (footballer), Swedish former footballer * Bengt Berndtsson (1933–2015), Swedish football player *

Bengt Gustavsson Bengt Olov Emanuel "Julle" Gustavsson (13 January 1928 – 16 February 2017) was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. As player he participated in the final of the World Cup 1958 and won national championships with IFK Norrköping. As ...

(1928–2017), Swedish football player and trainer * Bengt Lindskog (1933–2008), Swedish football player *

Bengt Madsen Bengt-Åke Knud Madsen (5 October 1942 – 15 November 2021) was a Swedish football chairman for the Swedish club Malmö FF, a post he held between 1999 and 2009. Madsen is most renowned for leading the club from their first relegation in 6 ...

(1942–2021), Swedish football chairman * Bengt Sæternes (born 1975), Norwegian football player

Winter sports

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is a former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, a post he held from February 2005 to May 2010. During his Nor ...

(born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player * Bengt Åkerblom (1967–1995), Swedish ice hockey player * Bengt Eriksson (1931–2014), Swedish Nordic combined skier *

Bengt Fjällberg Bengt Henrik Fjällberg (born 15 September 1961) is a Swedish former alpine skier. His greatest achievement is the slalom bronze in the 1982 World Championships in Schladming. He was trained by Hermann Nogler. Fjällberg and Ingemar Stenma ...

(born 1961), Swedish alpine skier * Bengt Leandersson, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor * Bengt Lundholm (born 1955), Swedish retired professional ice hockey player * Bengt Malmsten (1922–1996), Swedish speed skater * Bengt Walden (born 1973), Swedish-born, American luger * Börje-Bengt Hedblom, Swedish bobsledder

Other sports

Bengt Åberg Bengt Edvin Åberg (26 June 1944 – 6 March 2021) was a Swedish professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1966 to 1979. He was a two-time FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion. Biography Åberg was born i ...

(1944–2021), Swedish motocross racer *

Bengt Bengtsson Colonel Bengt Folke Bengtsson (30 September 1897 – 10 October 1977) was a Swedish Army officer. He served in the Air Defense Artillery Branch and finished his military career as Inspector of the Air Defence from 1953 to 1957. Early life ...

(1897–1977), Swedish gymnast *

Bengt Fahlqvist Bengt "Falan" Fahlqvist (also spelled Fahlkvist, 15 April 1922 – 7 March 2004) was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 19 ...

(1922–2004), Swedish wrestler *

Bengt Fröman Bengt Fröman is a retired male badminton player of Sweden noted for his doubles play. He won the prestigious All-England men's doubles title in 1976 and the bronze medal at the 1977 World Championships in men's doubles both in partnership with ...

(born 1950), Swedish male badminton player * Bengt Jansson (born 1943), Swedish international speedway rider *

Bengt Johansson (handball) Bengt Johansson (25 June 1942 – 8 May 2022) was a Swedish handball player and coach. He was born in Halmstad in south-west Sweden and played in the Sweden men's national handball team between 1964 and 1972. He is better known as being the c ...

(1942–2022), Swedish handball player and coach * Bengt Lagercrantz (1887–1924), Swedish sport shooter *

Bengt Levin Bengt Levin (30 September 1958 – 1 January 2020) was a Sweden, Swedish orienteering Competition, competitor. He won a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships in Thun, along with Lars-Henrik Undeland, Jö ...

(1958–2020), Swedish orienteering competitor *

Bengt Ljungquist Bengt Helge Ljungquist (20 September 1912 – 15 July 1979) was a Swedish fencer, equestrian and military officer. Early life Ljungquist was born on 20 September 1912 in Umeå, Sweden, the son of Major Helge Ljungquist and his wife Edith Palan ...

(1912–1979), Swedish fencer and equestrian * Bengt Morberg (1897–1968), Swedish gymnast * Bengt Sjöstedt (1906–1981), Finnish hurdler

In other fields

Bengt Ekenberg Bengt August Edvard Ekenberg (27 June 1912 in Gothenburg – 17 August 1986) was a Swedish chess master. He twice won the Swedish Chess Championship at Malmö 1943 and Örnsköldsvik 1962. In other tournaments, he tied for 7–8th at Örebro 1935 ...

(1912–1986), Swedish chess master * Bengt Fredman (1916–2008), Swedish Army officer * Bengt Hägglund (1920–2015), Swedish theologian *

Bengt Lehander Lieutenant General Bengt Anders Lehander (25 June 1925 – 9 May 1994) was a Swedish Air Force officer. His senior commands include wing commander of the Skaraborg Wing, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, military commander of the Eastern Military ...

(1925–1994), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general * Bengt Lundvall (1915–2010), Swedish Navy admiral * Bengt Lönnbom (born 1933), Swedish Air Force major general *

Bengt Nordenskiöld General Bengt Gustafsson (G:son) Nordenskiöld (6September 1891 – 28January 1983) was a Swedish Air Force officer who served as Chief of the Air Force from 1942 to 1954. In 1910 Nordenskiöld started his military career as a voluntee ...

(1891–1983), Swedish Air Force general *

Bengt Rosenius Major General Bengt Rosenius (30 November 1918 – 28 December 1979) was a Swedish Air Force officer. Rosenius served as wing commander of the Östgöta Wing, Inspector of Flight Safety and commanding officer of the Attack Group. Later in his ca ...

(1918–1979), Swedish Air Force major general *

Bengt Snivil Bengt Snivil (also known as ''Bengt Snivel'') from the House of Bjelbo was a Swedish magnate in mid-12th century. Some more or less romantic later literature has given him the title of jarl, although no proper historical source attests to such. ...

(mid-12th century), Swedish magnate

Shared names

Bengt Andersson (disambiguation) Bengt Andersson may refer to: * Bengt Andersson (canoeist) (born 1961), Swedish canoeist * Bengt Andersson (footballer, born 1966), Swedish footballer and football coach * Bengt Andersson (sport shooter) (born 1966), Swedish sport shooter * Bengt A ...

Bengt Gustafsson (disambiguation) Bengt Gustafsson may refer to: * Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer) (born 1943), Swedish professor of astronomy *Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson ...

* Bengt Jönsson (disambiguation) * Bengt Oxenstierna (disambiguation) *

Bengt Simonsen (disambiguation) Bengt Simonsen might refer to: * Bengt Simonsen (racewalker) (born 1958), Swedish racewalker * Bengt Simonsen (football) (born 1945), Swedish football (soccer) coach {{Hndis, Simonsen, Bengt ...

Other uses

* 1846 Bengt, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1960; named for Bengt Strömgren