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. As a replacement for Sesam, the 1976 Swedish dub of the American version, the Swedes produced 30 episodes on their own localized series in 1981-1982. The show took place behind the scenes of "Gala teatern" (a theater) and had Swedish live actors, but no new puppet characters. Puppet sketches were used from the American episodes.

The show was written by Birgitta Götestan and Peter Flack, who made appearances on the show from time to time. The show also featured two Swedish cartoon characters, Hansson (the parrot) and Fia Jansson (the hippopotamus), created by Owe Gustafson.

Human Cast

• Lill Lindfors as Millejor
• Magnus Härenstam as Dirren (the theater manager)
• Gunilla Åkesson as Primadonnan (The Diva)
• Susanne Lundqvist as Ärtan
• Nils Eklund as Pompom (Janitor)
• Meta Velander as Gladys Besk
• Olof Thunberg as Sotén
• Svante Thuresson as Sammy
• Peter Flack as Holger Holm
• Birgitta Götestan
• ? - Snögubben Knut

Voices

• Peter Harryson as Ernie
• John Harryson as Bert
• Lars Amble as Kermit the Frog (Grodan Kermit) and Sherlock Hemlock
• Gösta Prüzelius as Grover
• Ernst Günther as Cookie Monster (Kakmonstret)
• Tor Isedal as Herry Monster (Stormonstret/Herry), Lefty the Salesman (Forsäljaren/Skojaren), The Big Bad Wolf (Vargen)
• Gunilla Nordling as Prairie Dawn
• Kjell Bergqvist
• Hans Ernback

Other Credits

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