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Magnus Härenstam

Magnus Härenstam

Johan Herbert Magnus Härenstam was a Swedish television host, actor and comedian. Härenstam hosted the Swedish version of the game-show Jeopardy! for 14 years before being replaced by Adam Alsing. Härenstam is also known for hosting the children's TV-program Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter (with Brasse Brännström & Eva Remaeus), which was very popular and has been re-broadcast numerous times since it first aired. Härenstam participated in the music video for ABBA's hit song "When I Kissed the Teacher" where he played the teacher who got kissed by Agnetha Fältskog. Well known in Sweden for several decades, he was almost equally popular in Norway, having starred in the 1990s sitcom Fredrikssons fabrikk, playing the Swedish boss of a Norwegian textile workshop. Härenstam died on 13 June 2015 after a several year long fight with cancer.

  • BIRTH 19/06/1941
  • DEATH 13/06/2015
  • Country Sweden
  • MOVIES 5

Movies (5)

En kille och en tjej
En kille och en tjej
gäst på partyt
Bamse och tjuvstaden
Bamse och tjuvstaden
Reinard Räv (voice)
Fimpen
Fimpen
Mackan
Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten
Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt…
Dr. B. A:son Levander
Vuxna människor
Vuxna människor
Frank's boss