Bengt Danielsson

Bengt Danielsson
Bengt (left) and his wife, Marie-Thérèse Danielsson
Born(1921-07-06)July 6, 1921
Krokek, Sweden
DiedJuly 4, 1997(1997-07-04) (aged 75)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUppsala University
Occupation(s)Anthropologist
Writer
EmployerNational Museum of Ethnology (Sweden)
Known forCrew member on the Kon-Tiki
Right Livelihood Award (1991)
Spouse
Marie-Thérèse Danielsson
(m. 1948⁠–⁠1997)
ChildrenMaruia (1952–1972)

Bengt Emmerik Danielsson (6 July 1921 – 4 July 1997) was a Swedish anthropologist, writer, and a crew member on the Kon-Tiki raft expedition from South America to French Polynesia in 1947. In 1991, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "exposing the tragic results of and advocating an end to French nuclear colonialism."