Bengt may refer to:

People

In arts, entertainment and media

Actors

Bengt Djurberg Bengt Djurberg (23 July 1898 – 2 November 1941) was a Swedish actor and singer. He appeared in about 25 roles in films from 1919 to 1940. His film debut was in Mauritz Stiller's film ''Sången om den eldröda blomman'' in 1919. Selected filmo ...

(1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer *

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

(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 (1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director * Bengt Nilsson (actor) (born 1954), Swedish actor

Journalists and writers

* Bengt Feldreich (1925–2019), Swedish journalist and teacher * Bengt Frithiofsson (1939–2024), Swedish wine writer * Bengt Lidner (1757–1793), Swedish poet * Bengt Linder (1929–1985), Swedish writer and journalist * Bengt Magnusson (born 1950), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter * Bengt Pohjanen (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 *

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

(1932–2013), Swedish jazz musician * Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000), Swedish organist, composer and musicologist *

Bengt Lagerberg The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden in 1992. The main lineup of the band consisted of guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead sing ...

(born 1973), drummer in the Swedish rock band The Cardigans

In other arts

* Bengt Erland Fogelberg (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor * Bengt Forslund (born 1932), Swedish film producer, screenwriter and production manager * Bengt Lindroos (1918–2010), Swedish architect *

Bengt Lindström Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (September 3, 1925, Berg Municipality — January 29, 2008, Sundsvall) was a Sweden, Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, ofte ...

(1925–2008), Swedish artist * Bengt Logardt (1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director *

Bengtolle Oldinger Bengt Anders Valter (Bengtolle) Oldinger (November 3, 1911, in Åmål – March 31, 1988, in Stockholm) was a Swedish painter, teacher, and draftsman. Early life After training as an elementary school teacher at the and as an opera singer ...

(1911–1988), born as

Bengt Anders Valter Oldinger Bengt Anders Valter (Bengtolle) Oldinger (November 3, 1911, in Åmål – March 31, 1988, in Stockholm) was a Swedish painter, teacher, and draftsman. Early life After training as an elementary school teacher at the and as an opera singer ...

, Swedish painter *

Bengt Nordenberg Bengt Nordenberg (April 22, 1822 – December 18, 1902) was a Swedish artist. He belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting and is best known for his genre paintings with everyday life scenes from the Dalarna, Skåne and Blekinge areas of Sw ...

(1822–1902), Swedish artist *

Bengt Schalin Bengt Michael Schalin (7 January 1889 – 9 November 1982) was a well-known garden architect and botanist in Finland during the 20th century. Life Schalin obtained his secondary school diploma in 1907 in Turku and went on to study horticul ...

(1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

In government and politics

Bengt-Anders Johansson Bengt-Anders Johansson (born 7 March 1951) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was Member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2014, representing his home constituency of Jönköping County. Prior to his service in the Riksdag, Johansson ...

(born 1951), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Bengt Berg (born 1946), Swedish poet and politician *

Bengt Bergt Bengt Axel Bergt (born 7 May 1982) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was elected the member of the Bundestag for Segeberg – Stormarn-Mitte in the 2021 German federal election. Early life and career Bergt was ...

(born 1982), German drummer and politician *

Bengt Börjesson Bengt Börjesson (May 1, 1920 – August 1977) was a Swedish politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the peo ...

(1920–1977), Swedish politician *

Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702) was a Swedish soldier and statesman who served as Foreign Minister from 1680 to 1697. He ensured Sweden's neutrality during this period and moved the country away from its traditional alliance ...

(1623–1702), Swedish statesman *

Bengt Gottfried Forselius Bengt Gottfried Forselius (''ca'' 1660, Madise, Harju County, Harju-Madise, Harju County, Swedish Estonia – November 16, 1688, Baltic Sea) was a founder of public education in Estonia, author of the first ABC-book in the Estonian language, and ...

(c. 1660–1688), founder of public education in Estonia *

Bengt Göransson Bengt Göransson (25 July 1932 – 17 June 2021) was a Swedish educator and social democrat politician who held different cabinet posts, including minister of culture and minister of education. He also served in the Parliament for two terms betwe ...

(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 Odevall (1921–2006), Swedish diplomat * Bengt Rösiö (1927–2019), Swedish diplomat * Bengt Westerberg (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 U ...

(1756–1796), Swedish botanist and zoologist * Bengt Berg (ornithologist) (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 (1934–2024), Swedish biochemist *

(1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

Physical sciences

* Bengt Andersson Qvist (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 Solar corona, Coron ...

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

(1962–2009), German physicist and biophysicist *

Bengt Nordén Bengt Johan Fredrik Nordén (born May 15, 1945 in Lund) is a Sweden, Swedish chemist. Biography and academic career Bengt Nordén graduated 1967 with a Master of Science degree in chemistry, theoretical physics and mathematics from Lund Univer ...

(born 1945), Swedish chemist *

Bengt Strömgren Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 – 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist. Life and career Bengt Strömgren was born in Gothenburg. His parents were Hedvig Strömgren (née Lidforss) and Elis Strömgren, wh ...

(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. * Lundv ...

(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 ...

(1921–1997), anthropologist and crew member on the Kon-Tiki * Bengt Feldreich (1925–2019), Swedish journalist and teacher * Bengt Holbek (1933–1992), Danish folklorist * Bengt R. Holmström (born 1949), Finnish professor of economics at M.I.T. *

Bengt af Klintberg Bengt af Klintberg (Bengt Knut Erik af Klintberg; born 25 December 1938 in Stockholm) is a Swedish folklorist, ethnologist, and artist who is known for his work on modern urban legends. His work reached a large audience with such books as ''Rått ...

(born 1938), Swedish ethnologist

In sport

Aquatic sports

* Bengt Backlund (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 m f ...

(born 1962), Swedish former backstroke swimmer * Bengt Gingsjö (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 (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 65 ...

(1942–2021), Swedish football chairman *

Bengt Sæternes Bengt Sæternes (born 1 January 1975) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward from 1991 until 2011. He began his playing career at local clubs Egersund and Eiger, whilst he had spells at Viking, Odd Grenland ...

(born 1975), Norwegian football player

Winter sports

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is the former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, Sweden senior team, a post he held from February ...

(born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player *

Bengt Åkerblom Bengt Ture Åkerblom (2 May 1967 – 15 October 1995) was a Swedish professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey ri ...

(1967–1995), Swedish ice hockey player * Bengt Eriksson (1931–2014), Swedish Nordic combined skier * Bengt Fjällberg (born 1961), Swedish alpine skier * Bengt Leandersson, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor * Bengt Lundholm (born 1955), Swedish retired professional ice hockey player *

Bengt Malmsten Bengt Gunnar Malmsten (20 March 1922 – 20 December 1996) was a Swedish speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics. He was born in Borlänge and died in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capi ...

(1922–1996), Swedish speed skater * Bengt Walden (born 1973), Swedish-born, American luger *

Börje-Bengt Hedblom Börje-Bengt Hedblom was a Swedish bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. ReferencesBobsleigh four-man wo ...

, 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, most prominently as a member of the Husqvarna Motorcycles, Husqvarna factory racin ...

(1944–2021), Swedish motocross racer *

Bengt Bengtsson Colonel Bengt Folke Bengtsson (30 September 1897 – 10 October 1977) was a Swedish Army officer and gymnast. As a gymnast, he won an Olympic gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics. As a military member, he served in the Air Defense Artillery Br ...

(1897–1977), Swedish gymnast * Bengt Fahlqvist (1922–2004), Swedish wrestler * Bengt Fröman (born 1950), Swedish male badminton player *

Bengt Jansson Bengt Gustaf Jansson (born 9 January 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 107 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Jansson was runner up in the 1967 World Final ...

(born 1943), Swedish international speedway rider * Bengt Johansson (handball) (1942–2022), Swedish handball player and coach *

Bengt Lagercrantz Carl Fredrik Bengt Lagercrantz (12 March 1887 – 22 July 1924) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known a ...

(1887–1924), Swedish sport shooter * Bengt Levin (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 Bengt Olof Albert "Benkku" Sjöstedt (2 November 1906 – 16 July 1981) was a Finnish 110 metres hurdles, hurdler. He equalled the Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression, world record for 110 m hurdles in 1931 and competed at the 1928 ...

(1906–1981), Finnish hurdler

In other fields

* Bengt Ekenberg (1912–1986), Swedish chess master * Bengt Fredman (1916–2008), Swedish Army officer *

Bengt Hägglund Bengt Vilhelm Hägglund (22 November 1920 – 8 March 2015) was a Swedish theologian. Hägglund, who was professor emeritus of Christian intellectual history at Lund University, has written several books, of which ''Teologins historia'' ( English ...

(1920–2015), Swedish theologian * Bengt Lehander (1925–1994), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general *

Bengt Lundvall Admiral Bengt Gustaf Gottfrid Lundvall (30 October 1915 – 30 November 2010) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. He was Chief of the Navy from 1970 to 1978. Early life Lundvall was born on 30 October 1915 in Björkäng parish, Töreboda Municip ...

(1915–2010), Swedish Navy admiral *

Bengt Lönnbom Generalmajor (Sweden), Major General Bengt Arne Vilhelm Lönnbom (22 July 1933 – 8 August 2024) was a Swedish Air Force officer. Lönnbom served as Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden), Chief of the Air Staff from 1984 to 1987 and as military comma ...

(1933–2024), Swedish Air Force major general * Bengt Nordenskiöld (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 General of the Attack Command. Later in his ...

(1918–1979), Swedish Air Force major general * Bengt Snivil (mid-12th century), Swedish magnate

Shared names

* Bengt Andersson (disambiguation) *

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 professional ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. ...

Bengt Jönsson (disambiguation) Bengt Jönsson may refer to: * Bengt Jönsson (athletics coach) (born 1958), Swedish trainer in athletics * Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna), Swedish statesman and co-regent of Sweden * Bengt Jönsson (swimmer) (born 1955), Swedish swimmer {{hndis, Jo ...

Bengt Oxenstierna (disambiguation) Bengt Oxenstierna may refer to: * Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1591–1643), Swedish Privy Councillor and diplomat, Governor-General of Ingria and Livonia *Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702) was a ...

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