With sadness, swing and warmth, “Star Nights” with Sofia Karlsson and Martin Hederos is back for Christmas 2025! See them at Stadshallen in Lund 12/12.
Back in 2013, the multi-instrumentalists and artists Sofia Karlsson and Martin Hederos toured together during the Christmas season, and in 2015 the album “Stjärnenätter” (Songs about
Christmas) to the audience. The album soon gave rise to the idea of a Christmas show, where humor, warmth and sadness are in focus. The tour has since become a sparkling ray of light for many – a sound oasis to come to in the December darkness. This year is no exception. Martin and Sofia will once again give the audience cinnamon-scented sounds at Christmas time. The duo will throw themselves, as usual, between Hawaiian Christmas, Polish songs, fäbod palm trees and glittering evergreens. During the month of December, these two artists will be found performing throughout Sweden.
Martin says about “Starry Nights”:
"My best moment on stage with Stjärnenätter is almost always when I get up from
the piano and walks over to Sofia who has picked up the guitar or mandolin bass and then we stand
close together, close together on stage and swinging together. That's kind of the essence of
our duo, a bare-bones interaction where we throw ourselves out there and take risks together.”
Martin Hederos is one of Sweden's most recognized songwriters and musicians and was among
other with and founded The Soundtrack of Our Lives. Right now Martin Hederos is playing in
the bands Tonbruket and Hederosgruppen and has written TV-
and film music, including for SVT's major project Sweden and the warHe has won 10 Grammys.
with his bands and also as a solo artist. This spring, an SVT documentary about Martin's life will be released.
and music life. He is the proud recipient of the Stena Scholarship 2023.
Sofia Karlsson is an outstanding live artist, singer and instrumentalist. She is for
many associated with his bousoki guitar and his compositions and interpretations of Dan
Andersson and Selma Lagerlöf. She has won four Grammis awards in Sweden and two in
Denmark. In addition, she has been awarded with awards such as Stockholm City Composer-
honorary prize, Prince Eugen's Cultural Prize and is also the 2025 laureate of the Selma Lagerlöf Scholarship. Over the years, Sofia Karlsson has collaborated with artists such as Rebecca
Törnqvist, Rikard Wolff, Sara Parkman and The tallest man on earth.
Said about “Starry Nights”:
"A lavishly talented duo captures what the biggest celebration of the year should always be about. Sofia
Karlsson and Martin Hederos have put together a Christmas concert that is a deliciously low-key mix of
sadness, warmth and peace" – Aftonbladet
"The highlights are so many, but "O Holy Night" in a purely otherworldly performance is a must"
to mention. It is easy to fall into angel associations with Sofia Karlsson's voice, but she
has something deeply human in the performance and switches between different expressions in a way that is
"be allowed to master." – Östersunds-posten
""For fuck's sake, this is the best thing I've heard since I (wasn't) confirmed... I don't need any other Christmas concert than this one with Sofia Karlsson and Martin Hederos." – Johan Lindqvist, Gothenburg Post
This concert is arranged in collaboration with Jubel and Mejeriet.