Svenska Sesam



In 1981, the Swedes produced 30 episodes on their own. Insteed of just dubbing the American version of Sesame Street like they did on Sesam in 1976. and the name was changed to Svenska Sesam. 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, they made appearances on the show from time to time. The show also featured two Swedish cartoon characters, Hansson (The parrot) och Fia Jansson (The hippopotamus), created by  Owe Gustafson.

Human Cast

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

Voices

 * Peter Harryson - Ernie
 * John Harryson - Bert
 * Lars Amble - Kermit & Sherlock Hemlock
 * Gösta Prüzelius - Greven (Grover)
 * Ernst Günther - Kakmonstret (Cookie Monster)
 * Kjell Bergqvist
 * Hans Ernback
 * Gunilla Nordling
 * Tor Isedal