Berndt August Hjorth (1862 in Finland – 1937 in Stockholm) was a Swedish businessman, the founder of Bahco group.

In 1889 he opened a tools and machinery shop in Stockholm, BA Hjorth & Co, incorporated as a shareholder company in 1916 and in 1954 renamed Bahco.

The following year, he made an exclusive contract with Johan Petter Johansson to market his invention, an adjustable spanner.

In 1892, Hjorth acquired sole rights to another Swedish invention, the Primus stove, patented by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist.

In 1918, Hjorth acquired the Primus factory on Lilla Essingen island in western Stockholm.