Bengt Erik Helge Bedrup (né Nilsson) (10 June 1928 – 27 March 2005) was a Swedish journalist and television personality.

Bedrup was born on 10 June 1928 at Maria Prästgårdsgata in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden,[1] the son of managing director Helge Nilsson and his wife Karin (née Nygren).

Along with Bengt Grive and Sven "Plex" Pettersson, Bedrup was the first to be hired at SVT's sports editorial office, when it was started in 1960.

In 1980, he was interviewed by Lasse Holmqvist in the TV program Här är ditt liv (This Is Your Life), when he was caught off guard when he had thought he would just be a guest when Bosse Parnevik was portrayed, a classic episode in Swedish television history.

[2] He took the name Bedrup when he started as a reporter at Expressen in Malmö, inspired by his colleague Karl Anders Adrup.