Johan Herbert Magnus Härenstam (19 June 1941 – 13 June 2015) was a
Swedishtelevision host,
actor and
comedian.[1][2] Härenstam hosted the Swedish version of the game-show Jeopardy![3] 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.[4][5]