Bengt

== Norwegian == === Etymology === Cognate with Swedish Bengt. Recorded in Norway since the 14th century. === Proper noun === Bengt a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict ==== Related terms ==== Bent == Swedish == === Etymology === Contraction of Late Latin Benedictus. First recorded in Sweden as Benkt in 1364. Cognate with Danish Bent and English Bennett. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Bengt c (genitive Bengts) a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict ==== Related terms ==== (surnames) Bengtsson === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 99 785 males with the given name Bengt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.