Sami Hedberg

About

Sami Henrik Hedberg (born 13 March 1981, Helsinki) is a Finnish stand-up comedian, actor and entrepreneur who broke through by winning Sub TV's Get up, stand up competition in 2005. He is among the most-watched live comedy acts in Finland, with career highlights including a sold-out Hartwall Arena show in 2013, a Guinness World Record for 365 stand-up gigs in a single year (2015), and the first-ever stand-up show at Tampere's Nokia Arena in 2023. Beyond the stage, he won the inaugural season of Masked Singer Suomi in 2020 and has appeared in the Luokkakokous film series.

60,000+

Live audience per typical tour year

365

Guinness World Record: stand-up gigs in one year (2015)

1.5M

Average viewers per episode, Masked Singer Suomi season 1 (TV + online)

Cities on 2025 anniversary tour

What's new

2025
Hedberg's 20th-anniversary tour, starting at Helsinki's Aleksanterin teatteri in March 2025, expanded to 22 autumn shows across Finland, with most performances selling out.
2025
The anniversary show toured 20 Finnish cities, mixing new material with career highlights and stories from 20 years on stage.
2024-06
After a break from live performing following his Nokia Arena show in December 2023, Hedberg announced a return to the stage with a new tour starting in November 2024.
2023-12
Hedberg performed at Nokia Arena in Tampere in December 2023 - the venue's first-ever stand-up show - before taking an open-ended break from live gigging.
2020-05
Hedberg won the first season of Masked Singer Suomi on MTV3, performing as the Lion character; the season averaged 1.5 million viewers per episode including online viewing.