Magnus Härenstam
Biography
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.
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- Skavlan (2009) as Self - Guest
- Julkalendern (1960) as Magnus
- På spåret (1987) as Tävlande
- Hellenius Hörna (2010) as Self - Guest
- Stjärnorna på slottet (2006) as Self
- Winners and Losers (2005) as Self
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2009) as Himself
- Svenska tv-historier (2015) as Magnus Härenstam
- The Adventures of Picasso (1978) as Hitler
- Karlsson on the Roof (2002) as Fille
- C/o Segemyhr (1998) as Magnus Härenstam
- 100 Höjdare (2004)
- Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter (1977) as Magnus
- Kvartetten som sprängdes (1973)
- Zvampen (1984) as Various
- Magnus och Brasse: Det är serverat (1978) as Magnus
- Karlsson on the Roof (2002) as Fille
- Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter (1984) as Magnus
- Bamse and the Thief City (2014) as Reinard Räv (voice)
- Bert: The Last Virgin (1995) as Roland Ebert
- Min pappa är en clown (2025) as Magnus (Archive footage)
- As Seen On Tv (2001) as TV show host
- Sam tar över (2012) as Gunnar
- Package Tour (1980) as Dr. B. A:son Levander