Bengtsson
Appearance
Language(s) | Swedish |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "son of Bengt" |
Bengtsson is Swedish surname originating in a patronymic, meaning "son of Bengt" (Benedict), Bengt meaning "Blessed".[1] The name is sometimes written Bengtson (a form frequently adopted by migrants to the United States). Other forms occur, such as Bengtzon, Bankson, Bankston, Benson, Bengston or Benktsson.[citation needed]
Bengtsson is the 15th most common surname in Sweden.[when?][citation needed]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Anders Bengtsson (born 1968), Swedish politician and member of parliament
- Angelica Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter
- Bengt Bengtsson (1897–1977), Swedish gymnast
- Bengt-Åke Bengtsson (born 1938), Swedish rower
- Birgitta Bengtsson (born 1965), Swedish sailor
- Björn Bengtsson (born 1973), Swedish actor
- Catrine Bengtsson (born 1969), Swedish badminton player
- Christopher Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Emma Bengtsson, Swedish chef
- Erik G. Bengtsson (born 1928), Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (1932–2013), Danish cellist
- Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954), Swedish author
- Gabriel Bengtsson (born 1977), Swedish judoka
- Göran Bengtsson (born 1956), Swedish handball player
- Gösta Bengtsson (1897–1984), Swedish sailor
- Gunder Bengtsson (1946–2019), Swedish football coach
- Håkan Bengtsson (born 1942), former Swedish swimmer
- Håkan Bengtsson (actor), Swedish actor, in the 2023 TV series Fallen
- Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000), Swedish politician and Speaker of the Riksdag 1979–1988
- Jan-Olof Bengtsson (born 1952), Swedish journalist
- Johan Bengtsson (born 1979), Swedish bassist
- Kristin Bengtsson (born 1970), Swedish female footballer
- Lennart Bengtsson (born 1935), Swedish meteorologist
- Margot Bengtsson (born 1943), Swedish psychologist and feminist scholar
- Maria Bengtsson (badminton) (born 1964), Swedish badminton player
- Maria Bengtsson (soprano) (born 1975)
- Martin Bengtsson (musician), Swedish heavy metal musician
- Martin Bengtsson (footballer)
- Mikael Bengtsson (born 1981), Swedish footballer
- Per Bengtsson (born 1967), Swedish speed skater
- Per-Inge Bengtsson (born 1961), Swedish sprint canoer
- Pierre Bengtsson (born 1988), Swedish footballer
- Rasmus Bengtsson (born 1986), Swedish footballer
- Robin Bengtsson (born 1990), Swedish singer
- Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (born 1962), Swedish horse rider and silver medalist in Individual Jumping at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
- Stellan Bengtsson (born 1952), Swedish table tennis player
- Sylve Bengtsson (1930–2005), Swedish footballer
- Thomas Bengtsson, Swedish magician better known under his stage name Tom Stone
- Similar spellings
- Jerry Bengtson (born 1987), Honduran footballer
- John Bengtson (born 1948), U.S. linguist
- Phil Bengtson (1913–1994), U.S. American football player
- Bengtsson as a middle name
- Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, 15th-century Swedish archbishop