Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in ÃÂverkalix. He belongs to the Finnic Meänkieli-speaking Tornedalian minority. Pohjanen has worked on the development of the literary language and grammar of Meänkieli; he has published Meänkieli-language writings and translations. He also writes in Finnish and Swedish.
Pohjanen won the Rubus arcticus in 1995 and the Eyvind Johnson literature prize in 2010.