 The next season, Hedenstad was playing regularly on the team that finished third in Tippeligaen and won bronze-medals.On 17 July 2012, Hedenstad signed a four-year deal with Bundesliga outfit SC Freiburg, and became the second footballer from Elverum in the Bundesliga, after Terje Olsen who played for Bayer Leverkusen in the 1980s.He was injured after five minutes in his first match for Freiburg, during the team's pre-season tour to Austria.