Bengt

Bengt is a Swedish-language masculine given name, derived from Benedict and first documented in the 12th century.

People with the name include:

Artists and entertainers

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 (1914–1994), 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

Musicians Bengt Berger (1942–2026), Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer Bengt Calmeyer, Swedish musician in the band Turbonegro Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer Bengt Forsberg (born 1952), Swedish concert pianist Bengt Hallberg (1932–2013), Swedish jazz musician Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000), Swedish organist, composer and musicologist Bengt Lagerberg (born 1973), drummer in the Swedish rock band The Cardigans

Other artists 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 (1925–2008), Swedish artist Bengt Logardt (1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director Bengtolle Oldinger (1911–1988), born as Bengt Anders Valter Oldinger, Swedish painter Bengt Nordenberg (1822–1902), Swedish artist Bengt Schalin (1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

Politicians and diplomats 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 Holmquist (1926–1993), Swedish diplomat 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

Scientists and academics

Life sciences Bengt Anders Euphrasén (1756–1796), Swedish botanist and zoologist Bengt Berg (ornithologist) (1885–1967), Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer and writer Bengt Nölting (1962–2009), German physicist and biophysicist Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934–2024), Swedish biochemist Bengt Schalin (1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

Physical sciences Bengt Andersson Qvist (1729–1799), Swedish chemist and mineralogist Bengt Edlén (1906–1993), Swedish professor of physics and astronomer Bengt Nölting (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 (born 1941), professor of Business Studies at Aalborg University in Denmark Bengt Danielsson (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 (born 1938), Swedish ethnologist

Sportspeople

Aquatic sports Bengt Backlund (1926–2006), Swedish flatwater canoer Bengt Baron (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

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

Winter sports Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player Bengt Åkerblom (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 (1922–1996), Swedish speed skater Bengt Walden (born 1973), Swedish-born, American luger Börje-Bengt Hedblom, Swedish bobsledder

Other sportspeople Bengt Åberg (1944–2021), Swedish motocross racer Bengt Bengtsson (1897–1977), Swedish gymnast Bengt Fahlqvist (1922–2004), Swedish wrestler Bengt Fröman (born 1950), Swedish male badminton player Bengt Jansson (born 1943), Swedish international speedway rider Bengt Johansson (handball) (1942–2022), Swedish handball player and coach Bengt Lagercrantz (1887–1924), Swedish sport shooter Bengt Levin (1958–2020), Swedish orienteering competitor Bengt Ljungquist (1912–1979), Swedish fencer and equestrian Bengt Morberg (1897–1968), Swedish gymnast Bengt Sjöstedt (1906–1981), Finnish hurdler

Other people Bengt Andersson (disambiguation) Bengt Ekenberg (1912–1986), Swedish chess master Bengt Fredman (1916–2008), Swedish Army officer Bengt Gustafsson (disambiguation) Bengt Hägglund (1920–2015), Swedish theologian

Bengt Jönsson (disambiguation) Bengt Lehander (1925–1994), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general Bengt Lundvall (1915–2010), Swedish Navy admiral Bengt Lönnbom (1933–2024), Swedish Air Force major general Bengt Nordenskiöld (1891–1983), Swedish Air Force general Bengt Oxenstierna (disambiguation) Bengt Rosenius (1918–1979), Swedish Air Force major general Bengt Simonsen (disambiguation) Bengt Snivil (mid-12th century), Swedish magnate

See also Bengtsson, a Swedish surname