Biography:Bengt Berg (ornithologist)

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Short description: Swedish photographer, scientist and writer
Bengt Berg
Born9 January 1885
Kalmar, Småland, Sweden
Died31 July 1967
Halltorp, Kalmar, Sweden

Bengt Magnus Kristoffer Berg (9 January 1885 – 31 July 1967) was a Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for photos and movies of birds, taken on several expeditions. His avifauna photography is highly celebrated.[1]

Selected works (in German)

  • Abu Markub. Mit der Filmkamera unter Elefanten und Riesenstörchen. Reimer, Berlin 1940
  • Arizona Charleys Junge. Verlag Putty, Wuppertal 1954
  • Der Lämmergeier im Himalaja. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2006, ISBN:3-929987-36-8
  • Die letzten Adler. Reimer, Berlin 1943
  • Die Liebesgeschichte einer Wildgans. Reimer, Berlin 1949
  • Mein Freund, der Regenpfeifer. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2003, ISBN:3-921755-78-6
  • Meine Jagd nach dem Einhorn. Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt/M. 1933
  • Mit den Zugvögeln nach Afrika. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2001, ISBN:3-929987-28-7
  • Tiger und Mensch. Limpert-Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1958

References

  1. University, Department of Media Studies, Stockholm. "The Cinematic Fauna of Bengt Berg" (in en). https://research.ims.su.se/en/publications/921. 

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