Welcome to Sweden’s funniest festival

Anagram Live started Lund Comedy Festival in 2010 on the initiative of Johan Wester and Anders Jansson. Since then, Anagram Live has organized the festival annually, with generous support from Lund Municipality and Sparbanken Skåne, as well as several actors in the local business community and hundreds of volunteers. The aim has been to develop humor as an art form and to create an important meeting for the industry and an open and happy folk festival for local and visiting audiences. The aim has been to promote humor in its broadest sense and to contribute to a more fun and positive world.

In connection with the closure of Anagram Live 2025, the non-profit association Humorfestivalen i Lund has taken over the rights to use the brand, and intends to continue running the festival in the same spirit as before. In the long run, the goal is to run and develop the festival just as always; in time and for the future!

Background

Variety and excellence have been Lund Comedy Festival’s key words throughout the years, as well as passion and desire. Here you can experience everything from standup to improvisation, music, sketches, talks, work shops, shows and much more. Here you have been able to see the country’s absolute biggest and most popular artists to the stars of tomorrow. The festival is not just a fun experience in the moment, but wants to work to bring together thoughts, perspectives and people on a long-term basis.

Since the start in 2010, more than 250 artists have participated annually – many of the country’s most popular and popular profiles, but also new talents and several international star comedians. Several have premiered here, others have tried out material and some have run customized versions of their regular shows. The festival has also often produced a couple of major events, unique to a single night. All shows have been 50 minutes long (with a few exceptions) and the programs have run in parallel on several stages in central Lund, for three days.

Over the years, the festival has been filmed for both SVT and TV4, and Swedish Radio has broadcast several live programs from here, including Lantzkampen, Kära Annika, På Minuten, Spanarna, Melodikrysset and Tankesmedjan.

Amongst the thousand comedians who have performed at the festival are:  Jonas Gardell, Anna Blomberg, Anna Granath, Sissela Benn, Fredrik Lindström, Kristian Luuk, Babben Larsson, Fåfäng, Tig Notaro, Bill Bailey, Henrik Schyffert, Måns Möller, Per Andersson, Alex Horn, Hannah Croft & Fiona Pearce, Keyyo, Clara Henry, Måns Nilsson, Ankan Johansson, Al Pitcher, Jessika Gedin, Adde Malmberg, Hans Rosenfeldt, Martina Haag, Petra Mede, Sissela Kyhle, Jen Kirkman, Marika Carlsson, Johan Glans, Shazia Mirza, Petra Mede, Ann Westin, Ari Eldjárn, Björn Gustavsson, Petrina Solange, Marcus Berggren, Annika Lantz, Eva Rydberg, Gunhild Carling, Jason Byrne, David Batra, Carl Stanley, Soran Ismail, Özz Nûjen, Magnus Betnér, Josefin Johansson, Kalle Lind, Johanna Nordström, Olof Wretling, Kattis Ahlström, Kodjo Akolor, Lill Lindfors, Mammas nya kille, Grotesco, Danny Bhoy, Harriet Braine, Therese Sandin, Karin Adelsköld, Lasse Åberg, Göran Gabrielsson, Annika Lantz, John Robins, Tom Houghton, George Egg, Francesca Martinez, Felicity Ward, Alex Horne, Phil Wang, Ahir Shah, and many more.