Petra Mede

Petra Maria Mede (born 7 March 1970) is a Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter. She is known for her several roles in comic shows and as a television presenter, and is best known outside of Sweden for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, 2016, and 2024, and appearing as a guest performer in 2025. She was born in Stockholm and raised in Partille, near Gothenburg. She graduated in Philosophy as well as in the French language.

Mede started off as a dancer at Balettakademien, but her career was cut short by a back injury at the age of 20. She worked as a tourist guide in Stockholm before moving to comedy aged around 35, taking part in a contest for emerging comedians in 2005. She appeared on television shows, received an award for best emerging actress in 2007, and hosted Melodifestivalen 2009, the same year she was voted Sweden's best female comedian. In 2010, she hosted her own program, titled Petra Mede Show, on TV3. Mede has regularly worked for SVT since 2011.

In May 2013, Mede hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, additionally performing an interval act during the final; her hosting was widely acclaimed by critics and journalists around Europe. She then hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm alongside previous year's winner Måns Zelmerlöw, joining Katie Boyle and Jacqueline Joubert as the only people to have hosted the contest more than once. She made her film debut in 2014 in Medicinen, and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, with Malin Åkerman. In 2025, she was an interval performer in the final of Melodifestivalen 2025 and later in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.