Bengt Eklund

{{Short description|Swedish actor (1925–1998)}}

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| name = Bengt Eklund

| image = Bengt Eklund & Ingmar Bergman 1948.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Eklund and Ingmar Bergman, 1948.

| birth_name = Bengt Gunnar Eklund

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|01|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|01|19|1925|01|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

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| years_active = 1946–1990

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| spouse = Fylgia Zadig {{married||1960|1965}}

| children = Klas Eklund
Lena Eklund

| relatives = Sigge Eklund (grandson)
Fredrik Eklund (grandson)

}}

Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor."Bengt Eklund" Nationalencyclopedin He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan."Bengt Eklund" Nationalencyclopedin

Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also made a large number of roles in movies and television, including Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1953) and Shame (1968), and Gustaf Molander's film Sir Arne's Treasure (1954; based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf).{{cite book | last1 = Young | first = Vernon | year = 1971 | title = Cinema borealis; Ingmar Bergman and the Swedish ethos | url = https://archive.org/details/cinemaborealisin0000youn | url-access = registration | publisher = D. Lewis | page = [https://archive.org/details/cinemaborealisin0000youn/page/59 59] }}Bengt Eklund, IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252416/, retrieved 2013-02-27

Eklund was married to actress Fylgia Zadig. He was the father of economist Klas Eklund and grandfather of novelist Sigge Eklund{{cite news |url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/samtidigt/att-skriva-om-pappa-slipade-bort-hatet/ |newspaper=Sydsvenskan |title=Att skriva om pappa slipade bort hatet |first=Björn |last=af Kleen |date=9 May 2005 |access-date=2013-02-27 |language=sv}} and real estate broker Fredrik Eklund.