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 Bengt Frithiofsson (25 August 1939 – 28 September 2024) was a Swedish wine writer. He initially worked for various Swedish newspapers, and later became a wine and food writer for ''Svenska Dagbladet'' for 20 years. In the 1990s he moved to T ...

(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 Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix. He belongs to the Finnic Meänkieli-speaking Tornedalian minority. Pohjanen has worked on ...

(born 1944), Swedish author, translator and priest *

Bengt Öste Bengt Alfred Öste (22 January 1927 – 5 June 2004) was a Swedish journalist and television host. He was the news anchor of ''Rapport'' in Sveriges Television (SVT) for 14 years, from 1978 to 1992. Before that, he was news chief from 1972. Ös ...

(1927–2004), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter

In music

Bengt Berger Bengt Berger (born 31 August 1942) is a Swedish jazz musician (drummer), composer and producer.Bengt Berg ...

(born 1942), Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer * Bengt Calmeyer, Swedish musician in the band Turbonegro *

(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 wro ...

(1932–2013), Swedish jazz musician *

Bengt Hambraeus Bengt Hambraeus (29 January 1928 – 21 September 2000) was a Swedish-Canadian organist, composer and musicologist. Biography Hambreaus was born in Stockholm. He studied organ with Alf Linder and musicology with Carl-Allan Moberg, earning his doc ...

(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 Bengt Erland Fogelberg, also known as Benedict Fogelberg, (8 August 178622 December 1854) was a Swedish sculptor. Biography Fogelberg was born in Gothenburg. His father, a copper-founder, encouraging an early exhibited taste for design, sent h ...

(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 ...

(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 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 Bengt Holgersson (born September 16, 1941) was the first Governor of Skåne County after a merger of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County in 1997. Holgersson was involved in a corruption scandal in April 2006. Both Holgersson and municipal c ...

(born 1941), first Governor of Skåne County *

Bengt Hult Bengt Vilhelm Hult (28 August 1917 – 29 October 2008) was a Swedish civil servant. He served as President of the Labour Court of Sweden from 1964 to 1973 and as President of the Supreme Court of Sweden from 1979 to 1984. Early life Hult was bor ...

(1917–2008), Swedish jurist, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden *

Bengt Lidforss Bengt Lidforss (15 September 186823 September 1913) was a prominent Swedish botanist, socialist, and an accomplished Natural science, natural scientist and writer. Biography Lidforss was born in Lund, Sweden, the son of professor and philologi ...

(1868–1913), Swedish socialist * Bengt Norling (1925–2002), Swedish politician *

Bengt Odevall Bengt Odevall (24 January 1921 – 18 February 2006), was a Swedish diplomat. Odevall began his career in 1945 as an attaché at Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Ministry for Foreign Affairs after completing his law degree at Uppsa ...

(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 Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was 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 substance ...

(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 (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

In sport

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

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 (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 sports

* 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

In other fields

* Bengt Ekenberg (1912–1986), Swedish chess master * Bengt Fredman (1916–2008), Swedish Army officer * Bengt Hägglund (1920–2015), Swedish theologian * 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 Rosenius (1918–1979), Swedish Air Force major general * Bengt Snivil (mid-12th century), Swedish magnate

Shared names

* Bengt Andersson (disambiguation) * Bengt Gustafsson (disambiguation) * Bengt Jönsson (disambiguation) * Bengt Oxenstierna (disambiguation) * Bengt Simonsen (disambiguation)

Other uses

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