Magnus Härenstam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish actor and comedian
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Place of Birth: Västervik, Kalmar County, Sweden
About 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 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, six days before his 74th birthday.
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