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Swenson was a male Human Starfleet officer who lived during the mid-23rd century. He served in the operations division aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk in 2268, where he served as one of the ship's security officers.

That same year, he and Bardoli were part of a landing party led by Captain Kirk that was searching for the dikironium cloud creature on Argus X. (TOS: "Obsession")

Later that year Swenson was called to the transporter room where he kept his phaser trained on Jojo Krako when the latter beamed aboard the Enterprise. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")

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Swenson was played by recurring background actor John Blower who received no credit for his appearances.

Blower also appeared as a member of a security rescue team, in "Catspaw", however his appearance ended up as a deleted scene. [1]

This character was identified in script as Swenson, however, Kirk's actual dialogue called him something more akin to "Henson" or "Bensen". While the subtitles for the original TOS Season 2 DVD, as well as the remastered TOS-R Season 2 DVD and Paramount+ releases show "Swensen", the TOS Season 2 Blu-ray subtitles show the name "Bensen", while the Netflix subtitles show the name "Henson".

The novelization calls him "Swanson".

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