| Birth Date: | 26 June 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Kassa, Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden |
| Occupation: | author, translator, literature scientist, Orthodox Christian priest |
| Nationality: | Sweden |
| Education: | Literature science |
Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix.[1] He belongs to the Finnic Meänkieli-speaking Tornedalian minority.[2] Pohjanen has worked on the development of the literary language and grammar of Meänkieli;[3] he has published Meänkieli-language writings and translations. He also writes in Finnish and Swedish.[4]
Pohjanen won the Rubus arcticus in 1995 and the Eyvind Johnson literature prize in 2010.[5]