Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter

Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter or Fem myror (Five ants are more than four elephants) was a 1973–75 Swedish TV-series for children, hosted by Magnus Härenstam, Brasse Brännström and Eva Remaeus. The TV-series included songs and sketches with education about letters, numbers, positions (right, left, under, above, etc.), etc. Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter was broadcast first on 19 November 1973 on TV2 by Sveriges Television and it was also broadcast as Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar 27 November –24 December 1977. Fem myror is available for purchase on VHS and DVD and there are also PC games.

About the TV-series

Besides entertaining children, Magnus ("a pedant"), whose voice is dubbed and provided by David Lander in the English version, Brasse ("a slob"), whose voice is dubbed and provided by Twig Webster in the English version, and Eva ("a proper person"), whose voice is dubbed and provided by Cheryl Rhoads in the English version, wanted to make children interested in letters and numbers and every program (running time, ca 30 min) had 1 letter and 1 number as a theme.

The animations later in the TV-series, Monica Zetterlund and Tomas Löfdahl were voice-overs, and Roscoe Orman and Sonia Manzano were voice-overs in the English version as well. Fem myror was produced by Bengt Linné & Lasse Haglund, the music was written by Bengt Ernryd and the lyrics were written by Magnus & Brasse. The animations were written by Owe Gustafson and voice-overs were made by Lennart Jörevall and Jan Brandhildh, and Roscoe Orman and Sonia Manzano in the English version.

Fem myror also includes sketches, such as Brasse's fun box ("lattjo-lajban-låda"), where Brasse presents 4 animals of which 1 doesn't belong with the others and should be removed. Magnus and Eva have to guess but Brasse always thinks they're wrong; the purpose of this sketch is to teach children that one thing may have more than one property.

1977 Fem myror was broadcast as SVT's Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar. Normally julkalendern is broadcast December 1–24, but because Fem myror had one program for every letter in the Swedish alphabet, it was broadcast from 27 November and then as such, it was able to have shows for all the (then) 28 letters until December 24th. (W was not considered as a separate letter until 2006, but rather as a variation of V.) 2006 Fem myror was voted 'Best children's TV-series' at Folktoppen with more than 50% of the votes.