Bengt

Bengt is a Swedish-language masculine given name, derived from Benedict and first documented in the 12th century.

People with the name include:

Artists and entertainers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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