Bengt is a Swedish-language masculine given name, derived from Benedict and first documented in the 12th century.
People with the name include:
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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 (1942–2026), 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 Skåne County
Bengt Holmquist (1926–1993), Swedish diplomat
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-Arne Johansson (officer) (1943–2025), Swedish lieutenant-general
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
Bengt Svensson (born 1958), Swedish Army officer



