Magnus Härenstam

Johan Herbert Magnus Härenstam (19 June 1941 – 13 June 2015) 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 , playing the Swedish boss of a Norwegian textile workshop.

Härenstam died on 13 June 2015, six days before his 74th birthday, after a several-year-long fight with cancer.

Partial filmography

Skratt (1968, TV Short) Oj, är det redan fredag? (1970, TV Series) Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter (1973, TV Series) - Magnus Pappas pojkar (1973, TV Series) - Martin Bengtsson Fimpen (1974) - Mackan Levande på Nya Bacchi (1974, Theatre) En kille och en tjej (1975) - Party Guest Kamrer Gunnarsson i skärgården (1976, TV Movie) - Kamrer Gunnarsson Varning för barn (1976, Theatre) When I Kissed the Teacher (1976, Video short) - The Teacher Skyll inte på mig! (1978, TV Series) - Magnus Det är serverat (1978, Theatre) The Adventures of Picasso (1978) - Hitler Jag är med barn (1979) - De unga älskande - Bosse Magnus och Brasse Show (1980, TV Series) Sällskapsresan (1980) - Dr. B. A:son Levander Sopor (1981) - Ulf Adelsohn Tuppen (1981) - Cederqvist Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen (1981) - Kronofogden Svenska Sesam (1981, Swedish version of Sesame Street) En flicka på halsen (1982) - Hot Dog Vendor Två killar och en tjej (1983) - Klasse Wallin Jokerfejs (1984) Hemma hoz (1985, TV Mini-Series) Bombardemagnus (1985) Card Sharks (1987–1990, TV Series) Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice (1990) - Edvard Fredrikssons fabrikk (1990–1993, TV Series) - Direktør Hasse Fredriksson Jeopardy! (1991–2005, TV Series) - Television host Fredrikssons fabrik – The movie (1994) - Fredriksson Bert: The Last Virgin (1995) - Roland Ebert Vuxna människor (1999) - Frank's boss Tarzan (1999, Swedish dub) Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999) - Dr. Levander Karlsson på taket (2002) - Filip, thief (voice) The Incredibles (2005, Swedish dub) Winners and Losers (2005) - Himself Muntergökarna (2005, Theatre) Lite som du (2005-2006, TV Series) - Ralf Sundin Sigillet (2006) - Rektor Magnificus Cars (2006, Swedish dub) Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen (2006) - Peter Black Stjärnorna på slottet (2007) Göta kanal 3 – Kanalkungens hemlighet (2009) - Peter Black Vem tror du att du är? (2009) Up (2009, Narrator in Swedish version) Bamse and the City of Thieves (2014) - Reinard Räv (voice)