Geodesic loops on tetrahedra were studied only for the Euclidean space and it was known that there are no simple geodesic loops on regular tetrahedra. Here we prove that: 1) In the spherical space, there are no simple geodesic loops on tetrahedra with internal angles $$\pi/3 < a_i<\pi/2$$
π
/
3
<
a
i
<
π
/
2
or regular tetrahedra with $$a_i=\pi/2$$
a
i
=
π
/
2
, and there are three simple geodesic loops for each vertex of a tetrahedra with $$a_i > \pi/2$$
a
i
>
π
/
2
and the lengths of the edges $$a_i>\pi/2$$
a
i
>
π
/
2
. 2) We obtain also a new theorem on simple closed geodesics: If the angles $$a_i$$
a
i
of the faces of a tetraedron satisfy $$\pi/3 < a_i<\pi/2$$
π
/
3
<
a
i
<
π
/
2
and all faces of the tetrahedron are congruent, then there exist at least $$3$$
3
simple closed geodesics.
3) In the hyperbolic space, for every regular tetrahedron $$T$$
T
and every pair of coprime numbers $$(p,q)$$
(
p
,
q
)
, there is one simple geodesic loop of type $$(p,q)$$
(
p
,
q
)
through every vertex of $$T$$
T
.
The geodesic loops that we have found on the tetrahedra in the hyperbolic space are also quasi-geodesics.