Sesam

1976

Sesame Street was first shown in Sweden in 1976 under the name Sesam. Twenty six of the American episodes were dubbed.

In 1981, Sweden started their own full co-production using the name Svenska Sesam.

A new batch of Open Sesame episodes were dubbed and shown on Sveriges Television from 1996 to 1998, under the same name, including newer characters such as Elmo.

Sesam (1976)

Character Translations and Voices

English Character Name	Swedish Character Name	Swedish Voice Actor
Kermit the Frog	Grodan Kermit	Lars Amble
Cookie Monster	Kakmonstret	Ernst Günther
Lefty the Salesman	Skojaren	Tor Isedal
Herry Monster	Stormonstret	Ingvar Kjellson
Mr. Johnson	Restauranggästen
Roosevelt Franklin		Per Myrberg
Grover	Grover	Gösta Prüzelius
Ernie	Ernie	Björn Gustafson
Bert	Bert	Carl Billquist
Roosevelt Franklin's Mother	Mamma i Roosevelt Franklin	Agneta Olsson

Additional Voice Actors

Fillie Lyckow

Additional credits

• Per-Arne Ehlin: Dubbing director and producer

Sesam (1996-1998)

Character Translations and Voices

English Character Name	Swedish Character Name	Swedish Voice Actor
Bert	Bert	Magnus Ehrner
Ernie	Ernie	Steve Kratz
Grover	Grover	Gösta Prüzelius
Cookie Monster	Kakmonstret	Ernst Günther

Additional Voice Actors

• Liza Öhman
• Cecilia Schiöld
• Louise Raeder
• Basia Frydman
• Rolf Skoglund
• Frej Lindqvist
• Lars Risberg
• Lasse Westmann
• Lotta Vig
• Börs Anders Öhman
• Erika Essen-Möller

Additional credits

• Per-Arne Ehlin: Dubbing director, producer and translator
• Liza Öhman: Musical director

See also

• Sesam Merchandise