Sweden's stand-up fills hotel theatres and restaurant stages from Stockholm to Malmö. RAW comedy club, founded in 2004, plays the Hilton Stockholm Slussen and, once a month, hotels in Gothenburg and Malmö; Maffia Comedy Club has run weekend shows since the early 2000s, now at Clarion Hotel Sign by Norra Bantorget; and Norra Brunn, the stand-up restaurant on Surbrunnsgatan, puts three comedians on its stage from Tuesday to Saturday. For English stand-up in Stockholm, The Laugh House brings comedians from New York, London and beyond to the basement of Scandic Klara on Saturday nights. Oslipat has staged stand-up at Babel in Malmö since 2006, and Gothenburg's Big Nice Comedy Club is new at Skeppet.
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The short answer
For stand-up comedy in Sweden, D.O.C. lists 8 rooms and nights in 3 cities — Stockholm (4), Gothenburg (2) and Malmö (2) — each with a dated show coming up as of 11 October 2026. Below: each room's nights, its open mic and how comics get on, tickets and the age rule; the festivals and awards; and the 1 comedian SUCDb holds who came up in Sweden.
D.O.C.'s Sweden page: the comedy clubs and nights in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, in Swedish and in English, the Lund Comedy Festival, the Swedish Stand-up Gala and a way in for new comics, with show times straight from the rooms themselves.
Stand-up comedy in Stockholm
Stockholm's stand-up runs from the Hilton by Slussen and Clarion Hotel Sign at Norra Bantorget to Norra Brunn's restaurant stage on Surbrunnsgatan. Where to see English stand-up comedy in Stockholm: The Laugh House, in the basement of Scandic Klara by Hötorget, on Saturday nights.
Hilton Stockholm Slussen, Guldgränd 8, 104 65 Stockholm
ShowsFounded in 2004 by the comedian and entrepreneur Mårten Andersson, and on for more than 20 years: a mix of Sweden's comedians and tomorrow's stars, with resident DJs, at the Hilton Stockholm Slussen. The theatre opens at 8pm and the stand-up starts at 9pm, in two acts of 45 to 50 minutes with a 20- to 25-minute interval, ending around 11pm. source ↗
ListedMåns Möller, Niklas Andersson and Patrik Larsson — Friday 16 October 2026, 9pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
TicketsSold through Tickster; a dinner-and-show package adds a three-course dinner at the Eken restaurant from 6pm and reserved seats, and drinks from the RAW bar can be taken into the show. source ↗
Age18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian). source ↗
AlsoNiklas Andersson, on the 16 October bill, won Male Comedian of the Year 2025 at the Swedish Stand-up Gala. source ↗
Clarion Hotel Sign, Östra Järnvägsgatan 35, Stockholm
ShowsOne of Sweden's oldest and largest stand-up clubs, in its own words, on since the early 2000s: stand-up every Friday and Saturday at Clarion Hotel Sign by Norra Bantorget, with some of Sweden's hottest comedians and new talent; about two hours with a 15-minute break, then a DJ and a party in the hotel's bar and restaurant. source ↗
ListedMaffia Comedy Superweekend, with Shanthi Rydwall Menon and more — Friday 16 October 2026, 8pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
TicketsSold through Ticketmaster, and at the door while seats remain (shows often sell out); a dinner package in the Clarion Sign restaurant comes before the show, which starts at 8pm and ends around 10pm. source ↗
Age18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian). source ↗
AlsoPhotos are welcome at the shows; filming is not, out of respect for the comedians. source ↗
ShowsSweden's best-known stand-up restaurant, in its own words: the show starts at 8pm from Tuesday to Saturday, in two acts with an interval, and ends between 9.30 and 10pm; the restaurant opens at 5.30pm, dinner is served before the show, and the bar stays open through the evening. source ↗
ListedDavid Batra, Elina Du Rietz and Ami Hallberg Pauli — Tuesday 13 October 2026, 8pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
Tickets250 kr entry with a table booking (at least one main course each) and 295 kr for drop-ins at the bar, first come, first served; the restaurant is cashless. source ↗
AlsoStand-up courses for beginners with the Norra Brunn comedian Ami Hallberg Pauli, author of Stand up-handboken: the next on 17 and 18 October 2026, 10am to 4pm, ending in a showcase on Norra Brunn's stage on the Sunday evening, for 3,600 kr. source ↗
ShowsEnglish comedy on Saturday nights in the basement of Scandic Klara by Hötorget, with the feel of a New York City basement club: international acts and a crowd of expats, locals and tourists; doors at 8.30pm, show at 9pm. Its listings also carry Svartskalle Standup nights. source ↗
ListedThe Laugh House English Comedy Show — Saturday 17 October 2026, 9pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
TicketsEarly-bird tickets at a discount up to three weeks before the show; lineups are announced weekly. source ↗
AlsoTouring headliners on its listings: Ali Siddiq's European tour on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 8pm (375 kr), with an extra 6.30pm show, and Mike Rice's Cruel Little Man on Saturday 21 November. source ↗
Gothenburg's stand-up has RAW's monthly nights at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia on Södra Hamngatan and the new Big Nice Comedy Club at Skeppet on Amerikagatan.
Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Södra Hamngatan 59, 401 24 Göteborg
ShowsOnce a month at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia design hotel: some of Sweden's biggest-name comedians share the stage, with the resident DJ Benjamin Baniassadi; doors at 8.30pm and stand-up at 9pm, in two acts of 45 to 50 minutes with an interval of about 20 to 25 minutes. source ↗
ListedCarl Stanley, Karin Adelsköld, Victor Linnér and Fritte Fritzson — Saturday 24 October 2026, 9pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
Age18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian). source ↗
ShowsA new comedy club at Skeppet on Amerikagatan — “Gothenburg needed something really Big Nice, and now we're here” — with four comedians on its 14 October bill; doors at 6pm, start around 7pm, standing room. source ↗
ListedSimon Gärdenfors, Matilda Wildmark, Gustav Danielsson and Lisa Dahlin — Wednesday 14 October 2026, 7pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the promoter in person.
ShowsHigh-class stand-up at Babel since 2006, in its own words: shows of about two hours with an interval, at 8pm with doors at 7pm, on its autumn 2026 programme. source ↗
ListedOslipat's 20th-anniversary show, with Petrina Solange, Anton Magnusson, Fritte Fritzson and Marcus Johansson — Wednesday 14 October 2026, 8pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
Tickets220 kr (160 kr for students), plus a 30 kr cloakroom fee for coats. source ↗
AlsoSweden's largest alternative stand-up club, in its own words, run by Fritte Fritzson and Marcus Johansson and active in five cities: Malmö since 2006, then Stockholm, Uppsala, Landskrona and Lund. It organises the Swedish Stand-up Gala. source ↗
ShowsOnce a month at the Radisson Blu Hotel in central Malmö: the RAW bar opens at 8pm and the stand-up starts at 9pm, in two acts of about 50 minutes with a 20-minute interval, ending at 11pm. source ↗
ListedLasse Karlsson, Victor Linnér, Alin Damian, Viktor Sturesson and Elvira Lander — Friday 23 October 2026, 9pm, on its calendar as of 11 October 2026 source ↗
Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIts site publishes no submission route; ask the club in person.
Age18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian). source ↗
Sweden's funniest festival, in its own words, started in 2010 by Johan Wester and Anders Jansson and now run by the non-profit association Humorfestivalen i Lund: stand-up, improvisation, music, sketches, talks and workshops, with more than 250 artists a year on several stages in central Lund and shows of about 50 minutes. Tig Notaro, Bill Bailey, Henrik Schyffert and Måns Möller are among the near-thousand comedians who have played it. source ↗
Organised by Oslipat with CS Nöje: a jury of comedians from different generations names the year's female comedian, male comedian, newcomer, show and stand-up club, and gives a jury's honorary prize. Its gala on Friday 16 January 2026 at Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg was hosted by Emma Knyckare and ran about 90 minutes without an interval; no age limit, recommended from 16. source ↗
For comics: getting on stage in Sweden
The routes into stand-up comedy in Sweden that the rooms and festivals publish themselves.
Two days with the Norra Brunn comedian Ami Hallberg Pauli, author of Stand up-handboken: what stand-up is, how to write jokes and how to deliver them, ending in a showcase on Norra Brunn's stage before an audience you invite: on 17 and 18 October and 14 and 15 November 2026, 10am to 4pm, with the showcase on the Sunday evening, for 3,600 kr. A follow-on course on 12 and 13 December (3,900 kr), for comics who have taken a beginners' course or played rookie stages, works on joke writing, body language and stage persona, with showcases at the rookie club Big Ben. source ↗
Each room's line above says whether it runs an open mic and how it books. At home in the United States,
Stage Time has open mics by night and the Gig Board has calls for comics.
Swedish comedians in SUCDb
The comedians SUCDb holds who came up in Sweden, each with their record — and their next date when the Comedy Calendar has one.
Named Rookie of the Year at the Swedish Stand-up Gala in 2012; works in Sweden and the UK, a regular on SVT, and her 2017 Edinburgh Fringe debut won a Pleasance Indie Award.
Questions about stand-up comedy in Sweden
Where can I see stand-up comedy in Sweden?
In Stockholm, RAW Stockholm, Maffia Comedy, Norra Brunn and The Laugh House; in Gothenburg, RAW Göteborg and Big Nice; in Malmö, Oslipat and RAW Malmö. Each had a dated show coming up as of 11 October 2026; its line above has the address, the nights and the age rule.
Where can I see English stand-up comedy in Stockholm?
At The Laugh House, in the basement of Scandic Klara at Slöjdgatan 7 by Hötorget: English comedy on Saturday nights, doors at 8.30pm and the show at 9pm, with international acts and early-bird tickets up to three weeks ahead. Touring headliners on its listings include Ali Siddiq on Saturday 7 November 2026 and Mike Rice on Saturday 21 November.
What are the best comedy clubs in Stockholm?
D.O.C. lists four Stockholm rooms with dated shows ahead: RAW comedy club at the Hilton Stockholm Slussen, founded in 2004; Maffia Comedy Club at Clarion Hotel Sign, on Fridays and Saturdays since the early 2000s; Norra Brunn on Surbrunnsgatan, which calls itself Sweden's best-known stand-up restaurant, from Tuesday to Saturday; and The Laugh House for stand-up in English.
Where can I see stand-up comedy in Gothenburg?
At RAW comedy club Göteborg, once a month at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia on Södra Hamngatan (next on Saturday 24 October 2026 at 9pm), and at the new Big Nice Comedy Club at Skeppet on Amerikagatan (Wednesday 14 October 2026, 18 and over).
Where can I see stand-up comedy in Malmö?
At Oslipat, which has staged stand-up at Babel on Spångatan since 2006 (8pm shows, 220 kr, 160 kr for students), and at RAW comedy club Malmö, once a month at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Östergatan (next on Friday 23 October 2026 at 9pm).
Are there stand-up comedy courses in Stockholm?
Yes. Norra Brunn runs two-day stand-up courses for beginners with the comedian Ami Hallberg Pauli on 17 and 18 October and 14 and 15 November 2026 (3,600 kr), each ending in a showcase on Norra Brunn's stage, and a follow-on course on 12 and 13 December (3,900 kr) with showcases at the rookie club Big Ben.
Are comedy clubs in Sweden 18 and over?
5 of the 8 rooms listed here say 18 and over for their evening comedy, but the rule is each room's own:
RAW Stockholm: 18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian)
Maffia Comedy: 18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian)
RAW Göteborg: 18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian)
Big Nice: 18 and over
RAW Malmö: 18 and over (15 with a parent or guardian)
How do new comedians get into stand-up comedy in Sweden?
Norra Brunn: stand-up courses for beginners — Two days with the Norra Brunn comedian Ami Hallberg Pauli, author of Stand up-handboken: what stand-up is, how to write jokes and how to deliver them, ending in a showcase on Norra Brunn's stage before an audience you invite: on 17 and 18 October and 14 and 15 November 2026, 10am to 4pm, with the showcase on the Sunday evening, for 3,600 kr. A follow-on course on 12 and 13 December (3,900 kr), for comics who have taken a beginners' course or played rookie stages, works on joke writing, body language and stage persona, with showcases at the rookie club Big Ben.
Which Swedish comedians are in SUCDb?
Evelyn Mok — each with a record of their career and its sources.
Sources
The facts on this page come from the rooms', festivals' and awards' own websites, as of 11 October 2026; the
comedians' lines are from their SUCDb records, which carry their own sources. 10 sites, 28 pages:
