Magnus Härenstam
Actor
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.
Filmography
Who Pulled the Plug?
as Peter Black 1981
The Adventures of Picasso
as Hitler 1978
The Health Journey
as Dr. Levander 1999
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
as Frank's boss 1999
Bert: The Last Virgin
as Roland Ebert 1995
Who Pulled the Plug? 2
as Peter Black 2006
The Rooster
as Cederqvist 1981
Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice
as Edvard 1990
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
as Peter Black 2009
SOPOR
as Ulf Adelsohn 1981
Bamse and the Thief City
as Reinard Räv (voice) 2014
Karlsson on the Roof
as Fille 2002
As Seen On Tv
as TV show host 2001
The Butt
as Mackan 1974
Happy We
as Klasse Wallin 1983
A Guy and a Gal
as gäst på partyt 1975