Svenska Sesam

Magnus Härenstam (Dirren) & Lill Lindfors (Millejor) in "Svenska Sesam".

Millejor, Dirren, Primadonnan & Pompom.

The cartoon characters "Hansson" & "Fia Jansson".

Svenska Sesam was the second Swedish version of Sesame Street. The series premiered on October 31, 1981 as a replacement for Sesam, the 1976 Swedish dub of the American version. 30 episodes were produced and aired from 1981 until 1982 over network SVT2 (Sveriges Television). The show took place behind the scenes of "Galateatern" (a theater) and had Swedish live actors, no puppet characters where used in those segments. The only puppets on the show were from the American sketches, that were dubbed in Swedish.

The show was written by Birgitta Götestam and Peter Flack, who also had minor roles on the show.
The show also featured two Swedish cartoon characters in inserts, Hansson (the parrot) and Fia Jansson (the hippopotamus), created by Owe Gustafson.

Human Cast

Main Cast

• Lill Lindfors as Millejor
• Magnus Härenstam as Dirren
• Gunilla Åkesson as Primadonnan
• Nils Eklund as Pompom

Secondary Cast

• Susanne Lundqvist as Ärtan
• Meta Velander as Gladys Besk
• Olof Thunberg as Sotén
• Svante Thuresson as Sammy Karlson Junior
• Peter Flack as Holger Holm
• Anders Ekdahl as Mozart Gustafson
• Birgitta Götestam

Character Translations and Voices

English Name	Swedish Name	Swedish Voice Actor
Ernie		Peter Harryson
Bert		John Harryson
Kermit the Frog	Grodan Kermit	Lars Amble
Grover		Gösta Prüzelius
Cookie Monster	Kakmonstret	Ernst Günther
Sherlock Hemlock		Lars Amble
Herbert Birdsfoot	Herbie	Lars Amble
Herry Monster	Stormonstret/ Herry	Tor Isedal
Lefty the Salesman	Forsäljaren/ Skojaren	Tor Isedal
Prairie Dawn	Flickan (The Girl)	Gunilla Norling
The Big Bad Wolf	Vargen	Tor Isedal
Beautiful Day Monster	Monstret	Tor Isedal

Additional Voices

Kjell Bergqvist

Hans Ernback

Other Credits

• Swedish translation: Per-Arne Ehlin & Björn Lindroth
• Dubbing directors: Per-Arne Ehlin, Ulf Reinhart & Jan Brandhildh

External Links

• Svenska Sesam clips on youtube