Magnus Härenstam
Actor
- Born
- June 19, 1941 · Västervik, Småland, Sverige
- Died
- June 13, 2015 (age 73)
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.
Known for
Package Tour
August 22, 1980
Who Pulled the Plug?
December 18, 1981
The Adventures of Picasso
May 20, 1978
The Health Journey
December 25, 1999
Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
September 24, 1999
Bert: The Last Virgin
December 25, 1995
Who Pulled the Plug? 2
December 25, 2006
The Rooster
September 4, 1981
Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice
December 23, 1990
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
December 25, 2009
SOPOR
March 21, 1981
Bamse and the Thief City
January 17, 2014
Acting43
- 2025Min pappa är en clown as Magnus (Archive footage)
- 2023Året var 1973 as Self (archive footage)
- 2015A Short Movie About the Butt
- 2014Bamse and the Thief City as Reinard Räv (voice)
- 2011Viva la Greta as Allan Mohlin
- 2009Who Pulled the Plug? 3 as Peter Black
- 2006Aud go'hjerta as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Who Pulled the Plug? 2 as Peter Black
- 2006Sigillet as Rektor Magnificus
- 2005Ultimate Comedy 2