Jesper Odelberg

Who is Jesper Odelberg?

Jesper Odelberg is a Swedish stand-up comedian with cerebral palsy.

His appearance on Norwegian television in 2006 with his band, Boys on Wheels, brought him wider fame, when it appeared on various Internet video sharing sites.

His big breakthrough was 1997 in the TV show “Släng dig i brunnen”. He is known for being very selfexposing and often jokes about Celebral Palsy, CP, since he suffers from it himself. He is brother to the songwriter and artist Joakim Odelberg and he has a sister named Pia Emanuelsson.

Jespers first stand-up performance was in Ljungskile October 1992 and started working professionally as a comedian 1995. He worked at Backa Teater in Gothenburg during 1994-1998 as a production assistant.

Jesper was touring since 1995 throughout Sweden, Norway and Finland as a stand-up comedian and since 1998 as a folk singer together with the pianist Thomas Darelid.

1998 Jesper did 70 shows performing the “Den onde, den gode och den fule” with Thomas Oredsson, Jan Bylund and Håkan Jäder under the direction of the Swedish National Theater.