Bengt Berg considers the world his home and enjoys living and working in a landscape characterized by silence and wild nature, but he draws much of his inspiration from other people and cultures far from his own Nordic province. He has been called a serious humorist, mixing everyday impressions and experiences with global thinking. His poems are often spiced with equal parts surprise and recognition.
Bengt Berg was born in 1946 in Torsby, northern Värmland, Sweden. After studying at various Swedish universities, he has lived as a freelance writer since the mid-1970s. Berg has published around 50 books, mostly poetry and many in collaboration with various visual artists. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of the editors of the magazine and publishing house Rallarros, and since 1990 he has run Heidruns Förlag.
His collaboration with musicians and actors has resulted in numerous stage programs, in addition to appearing on radio and television.
His poems can be found in separate editions or various magazines and contexts in many different languages: Arabic, Hebrew, English, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Slovak, Romanian, Japanese, German, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
BERG has toured across the Nordic countries and participated in various international poetry festivals such as:
Medellín (Colombia)
Granada (Nicaragua)
Struga (Macedonia)
Druskininkai (Lithuania)
Nisan (Israel)
Jan Smrek Festival (Slovakia)
Kritya (India)
Târgul Festival de Poezie (Romania)
Qinghai Lake International Poetry Festival (China)
Kathak International Poets Summit 2016 (Bangladesh)
Poetry festivals in Chengdu (China) and Hanoi (Vietnam) in 2019
Kolkata and Guwahati (India) in 2022
Struga Poetry Evenings Festival (North Macedonia) 2024
“Entre Mares” International Literary Festival in Portimão (Portugal) 2025