# Bengt

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For the asteroid, see [1846 Bengt](/source/1846_Bengt).

**Bengt** is a [Swedish-language](/source/Swedish-language) masculine given name.

People with the name include:

## Artists and entertainers

### Actors

- [Bengt Djurberg](/source/Bengt_Djurberg) (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer
- [Bengt Ekerot](/source/Bengt_Ekerot) (1920–1971), Swedish actor and director
- [Bengt Eklund](/source/Bengt_Eklund) (1925–1998), Swedish actor
- [Bengt Logardt](/source/Bengt_Logardt) (1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director
- [Bengt Nilsson (actor)](/source/Bengt_Nilsson_(actor)) (born 1954), Swedish actor

### Journalists and writers

- [Bengt Feldreich](/source/Bengt_Feldreich) (1925–2019), Swedish journalist and teacher
- [Bengt Frithiofsson](/source/Bengt_Frithiofsson) (1939–2024), Swedish wine writer
- [Bengt Lidner](/source/Bengt_Lidner) (1757–1793), Swedish poet
- [Bengt Linder](/source/Bengt_Linder) (1929–1985), Swedish writer and journalist
- [Bengt Magnusson](/source/Bengt_Magnusson) (born 1950), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter
- [Bengt Pohjanen](/source/Bengt_Pohjanen) (born 1944), Swedish author, translator and priest
- [Bengt Öste](/source/Bengt_%C3%96ste) (1927–2004), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter

### Musicians

- [Bengt Berger](/source/Bengt_Berger) (1942–2026), Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer
- [Bengt Calmeyer](/source/Bengt_Calmeyer_(musician)), Swedish musician in the band Turbonegro
- [Bengt Djurberg](/source/Bengt_Djurberg) (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer
- [Bengt Forsberg](/source/Bengt_Forsberg) (born 1952), Swedish concert pianist
- [Bengt Hallberg](/source/Bengt_Hallberg) (1932–2013), Swedish jazz musician
- [Bengt Hambraeus](/source/Bengt_Hambraeus) (1928–2000), Swedish organist, composer and musicologist
- [Bengt Lagerberg](/source/Bengt_Lagerberg) (born 1973), drummer in the Swedish rock band The Cardigans

### Other artists

- [Bengt Erland Fogelberg](/source/Bengt_Erland_Fogelberg) (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor
- [Bengt Forslund](/source/Bengt_Forslund) (born 1932), Swedish film producer, screenwriter and production manager
- [Bengt Lindroos](/source/Bengt_Lindroos) (1918–2010), Swedish architect
- [Bengt Lindström](/source/Bengt_Lindstr%C3%B6m) (1925–2008), Swedish artist
- [Bengt Logardt](/source/Bengt_Logardt) (1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director
- [Bengtolle Oldinger](/source/Bengtolle_Oldinger) (1911–1988), born as [Bengt Anders Valter Oldinger](/source/Bengt_Anders_Valter_Oldinger), Swedish painter
- [Bengt Nordenberg](/source/Bengt_Nordenberg) (1822–1902), Swedish artist
- [Bengt Schalin](/source/Bengt_Schalin) (1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

## Politicians and diplomats

- [Bengt-Anders Johansson](/source/Bengt-Anders_Johansson) (born 1951), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
- [Bengt Berg](/source/Bengt_Berg_(poet)) (born 1946), Swedish poet and politician
- [Bengt Bergt](/source/Bengt_Bergt) (born 1982), German drummer and politician
- [Bengt Börjesson](/source/Bengt_B%C3%B6rjesson) (1920–1977), Swedish politician
- [Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna](/source/Bengt_Gabrielsson_Oxenstierna) (1623–1702), Swedish statesman
- [Bengt Gottfried Forselius](/source/Bengt_Gottfried_Forselius) (c. 1660–1688), founder of public education in Estonia
- [Bengt Göransson](/source/Bengt_G%C3%B6ransson) (1932–2021), Swedish politician
- [Bengt Holgersson](/source/Bengt_Holgersson) (born 1941), first Governor of Skåne County
- [Bengt Hult](/source/Bengt_Hult) (1917–2008), Swedish jurist, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden
- [Bengt Lidforss](/source/Bengt_Lidforss) (1868–1913), Swedish socialist
- [Bengt Norling](/source/Bengt_Norling) (1925–2002), Swedish politician
- [Bengt Odevall](/source/Bengt_Odevall) (1921–2006), Swedish diplomat
- [Bengt Rösiö](/source/Bengt_R%C3%B6si%C3%B6) (1927–2019), Swedish diplomat
- [Bengt Westerberg](/source/Bengt_Westerberg) (born 1943), Swedish politician

## Scientists and academics

### Life sciences

- [Bengt Anders Euphrasén](/source/Bengt_Anders_Euphras%C3%A9n) (1756–1796), Swedish botanist and zoologist
- [Bengt Berg (ornithologist)](/source/Bengt_Berg_(ornithologist)) (1885–1967), Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer and writer
- [Bengt Nölting](/source/Bengt_N%C3%B6lting) (1962–2009), German physicist and biophysicist
- [Bengt I. Samuelsson](/source/Bengt_I._Samuelsson) (1934–2024), Swedish biochemist
- [Bengt Schalin](/source/Bengt_Schalin) (1889–1982), Finnish garden architect and botanist

### Physical sciences

- [Bengt Andersson Qvist](/source/Bengt_Andersson_Qvist) (1729–1799), Swedish chemist and mineralogist
- [Bengt Edlén](/source/Bengt_Edl%C3%A9n) (1906–1993), Swedish professor of physics and astronomer
- [Bengt Nölting](/source/Bengt_N%C3%B6lting) (1962–2009), German physicist and biophysicist
- [Bengt Nordén](/source/Bengt_Nord%C3%A9n) (born 1945), Swedish chemist
- [Bengt Strömgren](/source/Bengt_Str%C3%B6mgren) (1908–1987), Danish astronomer and astrophysicist; namesake of asteroid 1846 Bengt

### Other disciplines

- [Bengt-Åke Lundvall](/source/Bengt-%C3%85ke_Lundvall) (born 1941), professor of Business Studies at Aalborg University in Denmark
- [Bengt Danielsson](/source/Bengt_Danielsson) (1921–1997), anthropologist and crew member on the Kon-Tiki
- [Bengt Feldreich](/source/Bengt_Feldreich) (1925–2019), Swedish journalist and teacher
- [Bengt Holbek](/source/Bengt_Holbek) (1933–1992), Danish folklorist
- [Bengt R. Holmström](/source/Bengt_R._Holmstr%C3%B6m) (born 1949), Finnish professor of economics at M.I.T.
- [Bengt af Klintberg](/source/Bengt_af_Klintberg) (born 1938), Swedish ethnologist

## Sportspeople

### Aquatic sports

- [Bengt Backlund](/source/Bengt_Backlund) (1926–2006), Swedish flatwater canoer
- [Bengt Baron](/source/Bengt_Baron) (born 1962), Swedish former backstroke swimmer
- [Bengt Gingsjö](/source/Bengt_Gingsj%C3%B6) (1952–2022), Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer
- [Bengt Heyman](/source/Bengt_Heyman) (1883–1942), Swedish sailor
- [Bengt Linfors](/source/Bengt_Linfors), Swedish sprint canoer
- [Bengt Palmquist](/source/Bengt_Palmquist) (1923–1995), Swedish sailor
- [Bengt Zikarsky](/source/Bengt_Zikarsky) (born 1967), German former freestyle swimmer

### Footballers

- [Bengt Berg (footballer)](/source/Bengt_Berg_(footballer)), Swedish former footballer
- [Bengt Berndtsson](/source/Bengt_Berndtsson) (1933–2015), Swedish football player
- [Bengt Gustavsson](/source/Bengt_Gustavsson) (1928–2017), Swedish football player and trainer
- [Bengt Lindskog](/source/Bengt_Lindskog) (1933–2008), Swedish football player
- [Bengt Madsen](/source/Bengt_Madsen) (1942–2021), Swedish football chairman
- [Bengt Sæternes](/source/Bengt_S%C3%A6ternes) (born 1975), Norwegian football player

### Winter sports

- [Bengt-Åke Gustafsson](/source/Bengt-%C3%85ke_Gustafsson) (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player
- [Bengt Åkerblom](/source/Bengt_%C3%85kerblom) (1967–1995), Swedish ice hockey player
- [Bengt Eriksson](/source/Bengt_Eriksson) (1931–2014), Swedish Nordic combined skier
- [Bengt Fjällberg](/source/Bengt_Fj%C3%A4llberg) (born 1961), Swedish alpine skier
- [Bengt Leandersson](/source/Bengt_Leandersson), Swedish ski-orienteering competitor
- [Bengt Lundholm](/source/Bengt_Lundholm) (born 1955), Swedish retired professional ice hockey player
- [Bengt Malmsten](/source/Bengt_Malmsten) (1922–1996), Swedish speed skater
- [Bengt Walden](/source/Bengt_Walden) (born 1973), Swedish-born, American luger
- [Börje-Bengt Hedblom](/source/B%C3%B6rje-Bengt_Hedblom), Swedish bobsledder

### Other sportspeople

- [Bengt Åberg](/source/Bengt_%C3%85berg) (1944–2021), Swedish motocross racer
- [Bengt Bengtsson](/source/Bengt_Bengtsson) (1897–1977), Swedish gymnast
- [Bengt Fahlqvist](/source/Bengt_Fahlqvist) (1922–2004), Swedish wrestler
- [Bengt Fröman](/source/Bengt_Fr%C3%B6man) (born 1950), Swedish male badminton player
- [Bengt Jansson](/source/Bengt_Jansson) (born 1943), Swedish international speedway rider
- [Bengt Johansson (handball)](/source/Bengt_Johansson_(handball)) (1942–2022), Swedish handball player and coach
- [Bengt Lagercrantz](/source/Bengt_Lagercrantz) (1887–1924), Swedish sport shooter
- [Bengt Levin](/source/Bengt_Levin) (1958–2020), Swedish orienteering competitor
- [Bengt Ljungquist](/source/Bengt_Ljungquist) (1912–1979), Swedish fencer and equestrian
- [Bengt Morberg](/source/Bengt_Morberg) (1897–1968), Swedish gymnast
- [Bengt Sjöstedt](/source/Bengt_Sj%C3%B6stedt) (1906–1981), Finnish hurdler

## Other people

- [Bengt Andersson (disambiguation)](/source/Bengt_Andersson_(disambiguation))
- [Bengt Ekenberg](/source/Bengt_Ekenberg) (1912–1986), Swedish chess master
- [Bengt Fredman](/source/Bengt_Fredman) (1916–2008), Swedish Army officer
- [Bengt Gustafsson (disambiguation)](/source/Bengt_Gustafsson_(disambiguation))
- [Bengt Hägglund](/source/Bengt_H%C3%A4gglund) (1920–2015), Swedish theologian
- [Bengt Jönsson (disambiguation)](/source/Bengt_J%C3%B6nsson_(disambiguation))
- [Bengt Lehander](/source/Bengt_Lehander) (1925–1994), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
- [Bengt Lundvall](/source/Bengt_Lundvall) (1915–2010), Swedish Navy admiral
- [Bengt Lönnbom](/source/Bengt_L%C3%B6nnbom) (1933–2024), Swedish Air Force major general
- [Bengt Nordenskiöld](/source/Bengt_Nordenski%C3%B6ld) (1891–1983), Swedish Air Force general
- [Bengt Oxenstierna (disambiguation)](/source/Bengt_Oxenstierna_(disambiguation))
- [Bengt Rosenius](/source/Bengt_Rosenius) (1918–1979), Swedish Air Force major general
- [Bengt Simonsen (disambiguation)](/source/Bengt_Simonsen_(disambiguation))
- [Bengt Snivil](/source/Bengt_Snivil) (mid-12th century), Swedish magnate

## See also

- [Bengtsson](/source/Bengtsson), a Swedish surname

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