Axel Åhman (b. 1993) is a writer, comedian and journalist. He is the A in the comedy group KAJ that represented Sweden in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Bara bada bastu. The success of the group made him a household name across Europe and gave hishis authorship renewed international visibility. Åhman often writes with a tendency towards the tragicomic, but with great warmth for his characters. A Weakling (2020) was his literary debut, and his first novel Enthusiast was published in 2025. He has also written a middle grade novel The Smuggler’s Treasure (2024).
