Bengt

Bengt is a Swedish male first name.

Origin and Meaning

Bengt is the Swedish form of the originally derived from the Latin name Benedict.

As a patronymic surname formed Bengtsson occurs. The Danish form of the name is Bent.

Bearers of the name

Bengt Ahlfors (* 1937), Finland Swedish playwright and director
Bengt Andersson ( footballer ) (born 1966 ), Swedish football goalkeeper
Bengt Anlert ( b. 1934 ), Swedish football player and coach
Bengt Baron (born 1962 ), Swedish swimmer
Bengt Berg (1885-1967), Swedish wildlife photographer and writer
Bengt Berger ( b. 1942 ), Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer
Bengt Berndtsson ( born 1933), Swedish football player
Bengt Birgersson (1254-1291), Bishop of Linköping and Duke of Finland
Bengt Danielsson (1921-1997), Swedish anthropologist and ethnologist
Bengt Edlén (1906-1993), Swedish astrophysicist
Bengt Eriksson ( born 1931 ), Swedish Nordic combined and ski jumping
Bengt Fahlkvist (1922-2004), Swedish wrestler
Bengt Fjällberg ( b. 1961 ), Swedish ski racer
Bengt Fosshag (* 1940), German graphic designer and illustrator
Bengt -Erik Grahn ( born 1941 ), Swedish ski racer
Bengt -Åke Gustafsson (born 1958 ), Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Bengt Gustavsson ( b. 1928 ), Swedish football player
Bengt Hallberg (1932-2013), Swedish jazz pianist and composer
Bengt Hambraeus (1928-2000), Swedish composer and organist
Bengt Holbek (1933-1992), Danish folklorist
Bengt Holmström ( born 1949 ), Finnish economist
Bengt Janus (1921-1988), Danish author
Bengt Johansson ( wrestler) ( 1926-2008 ), Swedish wrestler
Bengt Johansson (handball coach ) ( b. 1942 ), Swedish handball player and coach
Bengt af Klintberg ( born 1938 ), Swedish ethnologist
Bengt Lidner (1757-1793), Swedish poet
Bengt Lindskog (1933-2008), Swedish footballer
Bengt of the mills (* 1932), German film producer and author
Bengt Nilsson ( born 1934 ), Swedish track and field athlete
Bengt Nyholm ( born 1930 ), Swedish football player
Bengt Oxenstierna (1623-1702), Swedish politician and diplomat
Bengt Persson ( born 1942 ), Swedish football coach
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson ( born 1934 ), Swedish biochemist (Nobel Prize 1982)
Bengt Strömgren (1908-1987), Swedish - Danish astronomer and astrophysicist
Bengt Walden (born 1973 ), Swedish luger
Bengt -Arne Wallin ( born 1926 ), Swedish ( jazz ) Composer and musician
Bengt -Arne Wickstrom ( born 1948 ), Swedish finance expert
Bengt Zikarsky (* 1967), German swimmer