Ahmed Berhan

Ahmed Berhan Omer, born on 24 January 1985 in Stockholm, is a Swedish stand-up comedian, actor and presenter. His parents came to Sweden from Eritrea in December 1984 when they were in their twenties, and a month later Ahmed was born and grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Rågsved. As a young man he devoted many years to basketball. He began his stand-up career at the pub The Big Ben and at occasional events at Södertörns högskola, where he studied to become a civilekonom. It was during his studies at Södertörn that he got to know the radio host and comedian Kodjo Akolor, who then introduced him to the stand-up scene at Big Ben.

After his studies he began working for Sveriges Radio in Malmö on Tankesmedjan in P3, where he stayed until 2015. As a stand-up comedian he is known for his performances with the stand-up collective Raw Comedy Club at Göta Lejon. His humor style often reflects his personal experiences as a young immigrant in Sweden, and his jokes are daring and often satirical. His stand-up performances are both in English and Swedish, and he has competed in a number of stand-up competitions abroad; in the summer of 2010 he toured Estonia, Denmark, Great Britain and Sweden. For several years he has toured with the humor group SEMST, which also includes Jonatan Unge and Branislav "Branne" Pavlovic. In 2023 he was awarded the prize for male comedian of the year at the Humorgalan, and in 2024 his first solo tour Inget driv premiered. He also runs his own comedy club Debaser Comedy in Stockholm.

Berhan is also active as an actor. In the 2018 drama film Hjärtat he played one of the lead roles, and in 2022 he played a lead role in the play Mizeria at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. He hosted the SVT children's program Ahmed i medeltiden (2010), and since 2022 he is the host of the entertainment program IFS - invandrare för svenskar on SVT. In 2023 he hosted Sommar i P1. In 2025 he took part in TV4's entertainment program Förrädarna, where he was the last remaining traitor and the final winner of the prize pot of 329 000 kr without receiving a single vote during the whole season. He is married to the special educator Maia Perez, and together they have two children.