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.
Top Filmography
Package Tour
1980 // MOVIE
Who Pulled the Plug?
1981 // MOVIE
The Adventures of Picasso
1978 // MOVIE
The Health Journey
1999 // MOVIE
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
1999 // MOVIE
Bert: The Last Virgin
1995 // MOVIE
Who Pulled the Plug? 2
2006 // MOVIE
The Rooster
1981 // MOVIE
Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice
1990 // MOVIE
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
2009 // MOVIE
SOPOR
1981 // MOVIE
Bamse and the Thief City
2014 // MOVIE
På spåret
1987 // TV
Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter
1984 // TV
Karlsson on the Roof
2002 // MOVIE