Bengt

Bengt is a Swedish-language masculine given name.

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 (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 (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 SkÃ¥ne 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

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