Carl Åstrand

Kenny Starfighter is probably the most hopeless student that the Hero academics of the galaxy has ever had. His parents are tired of paying for his studies and give him an ultimatum: Graduate or become a hairdresser at the family salon! In a despondent hunt for graduation points, he crash-lands on Earth by mistake. He meets Pontus, a limping and bullied 15-year old with bad eyesight. Pontus has accidentally found a mysterious and luminary power crystal that has given him super powers. (Wikipedia)

The fictional character Nisse Hult was a character who achieved milestones in Swedish history, but each episode ends with Nisse Hult dying and someone else getting the fame and being immortalized in the history books.