Sverre Holm Gundersen (24 July 1931 – 17 March 2005) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. Gundersen was best known for playing Benny in the Olsenbanden-movies (1969–1999), and as station master O. Tidemann in the Norwegian children's program '' Sesam Stasjon'' (1990–1998), the Norwegian version of the US program, ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...

''. Holm was born in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...

and was in his youth a relatively good player for a bandy club known as Drafn. He married three times: to Marit Gulbrandsen (later divorced), to the actress Sissel Juul (1939–1987) in 1963, and to the occupational nurse Kari Anne Harnes in 1990. He died in Larvik, Norway, at the age of 73, from cancer.

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* 1931 births 2005 deaths Deaths from cancer in Norway Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male stage actors People from Drammen {{Norway-actor-stub