Bengt Gunnar Richard Ahlfors, (born (1937-12-28)28 December 1937) is a Finnish-Swedish playwright, composer, and former journalist.

By the time of Ahlfors's graduation in 1967, he had already made his theatrical debut with the musical play I våras in 1963, which he created together with his friend Frej Lindqvist.

During his three years there, he directed plays about the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the regime of the Greek Colonels, and also an adaptation of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days, which was åroduced in many theatres in Europe and USA.

[7] Ahlfors received the Lea Award of the Finnish playwrights association in 1988 for Finns det tigrar i Kongo?.

[1] Among his most successful plays (also translated into English) are "A Theatre Comedy", "Ashes and Aquavit", "The Last Cigar" and the musical "Stolen Happiness".

[9] In 2024, the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators announced it would hold a performance of a translation of Ahlfors' play "The Illusionists".