Bengt Magnus Kristoffer Berg (9 January 1885 – 31 July 1967) was a Swedish

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

, wildlife photographer, and

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, pla ...

. He is best remembered for photos and movies of birds, taken on several expeditions. His

avifauna Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

photography is highly celebrated.

Selected works (in German)

* ''Abu Markub. Mit der Filmkamera unter Elefanten und Riesenstörchen''. Reimer, Berlin 1940 * ''Arizona Charleys Junge''. Verlag Putty, Wuppertal 1954 * ''Der Lämmergeier im Himalaja''. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2006, * ''Die letzten Adler''. Reimer, Berlin 1943 * ''Die Liebesgeschichte einer Wildgans''. Reimer, Berlin 1949 * ''Mein Freund, der Regenpfeifer''. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2003, * ''Meine Jagd nach dem Einhorn''. Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt/M. 1933 * ''Mit den Zugvögeln nach Afrika''. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2001, * ''Tiger und Mensch''. Limpert-Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1958

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Biography (Swedish)
* 1885 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Swedish poets Balloon-borne experiments Swedish male poets Nature photographers Swedish ornithologists People from Kalmar Swedish male writers 20th-century Swedish zoologists {{biologist-stub