Niklas is a male name, most common in

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and the

Swedish-speaking population of Finland The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names; fi, suomenruotsalainen) can be used as an attribute., group=Note—see #Terminology, below; sv, finlandssvenskar; fi, suomenruotsalaiset) is a linguistic mi ...

. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with that name include:

Given name

Niklas (singer) Niklas (born 16 September 1983) is a Danish singer songwriter. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but until he was 13 he lived in Sweden. He became famous with his YouTube renditions "Ingen dikkedarer" in 2010 and "Chiller, når du flexer" in 2 ...

, Danish singer-songwriter *

Niklas Almqvist Niklas Almqvist (born 26 January 1977), better known by his stage name Nicholaus Arson, is the lead guitarist and backup vocalist of the Swedish garage rock band The Hives, of which his brother Pelle Almqvist, Howlin' Pelle is the lead singer. ...

, Swedish guitarist and backup vocalist of the Swedish Garage Rock band The Hives *

Niklas Andersen Niklas Andersen (born 4 August 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is the son of Jørn Andersen. Career Andersen played in the youth system of Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04. He moved ...

, Swedish football defender who plays for Werder Bremen *

Niklas Andersson Niklas Per Andersson (born 20 May 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger. In his career, he spent time with several National Hockey League (NHL) teams as well as various minor professional teams in North America, but most ...

, Swedish ice hockey player currently playing for Frölunda HC *

Niklas Bäckström Niklas Oskar Bäckström (; born 13 February 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played ten seasons for the Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames in the Nation ...

, Finnish ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Tappara in the Finnish SM-Liiga *

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...

, Swedish curler *

Niklas Eriksson Niklas Urban Eriksson (born February 17, 1969) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, continuing as an ice hockey coach. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Eriksson played most of his years in Leksands IF, and has ...

, Swedish Olympic Ice hockey player * Niklas Graßelt, German politician *

Niklas Hagman Niklas Hagman (born December 5, 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He was a third round pick of the Florida Panthers, 70th overall, at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft and made his National Hockey League (NHL) debut with Florida i ...

, Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for the HPK in the Finnish SMLiiga *

Niklas Hjalmarsson Niklas Hjalmarsson (born 6 June 1987) is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously also played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Arizona Coyotes of the National ...

, Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks *

Niklas Hogner Niklas Hogner (born 29 September 1984 in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish figure skater. Until 2003, he competed as a singles skater, winning four Swedish junior national titles and competing at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He ...

, Swedish figure skater * Niklas Karlsson (born 1974), Swedish politician * Niklas Kiel, German basketball player *

Niklas Klingberg Niklas Klingberg (born 6 February 1973) is a former Swedish motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden, who was a member of Sweden team at Speedway World Cups. He was Swedish Champion in 2002. Career details World Championships * Individual ...

, Swedish motorcycle speedway rider *

Niklas Kronwall Hans Niklas Kronwall (; born 12 January 1981) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently serves as an advisor to the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. He previously played for the Red Wings of the National Hocke ...

, Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL *

Niklas Kvarforth Niklas Olsson (born 7 December 1983), better known as Niklas Kvarforth, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He is the founder, composer, and vocalist of the black metal band Shining. Background As a multi-instrumentalist musician, Kvarforth star ...

, Swedish musician, composer and vocalist of the black metal band Shining *

Niklas Landin Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 19 December 1988) is a Danish handballer for THW Kiel and the Denmark national team. He has previously played for Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He is European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 ...

, Danish handball player *

Niklas Luhmann Niklas Luhmann (; ; December 8, 1927 – November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory. Biography Luhmann was born in Lüneburg, Free State of Prussia, where his father's fa ...

, German sociologist *

Niklas Mattsson Niklas Mattsson (born 16 March 1992) is a snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It f ...

, Swedish ice hockey player *

Niklas Meinert Niklas Meinert (born 1 May 1981 in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who played for Mannheimer HC. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team on 23 March 2003 in a friendly ma ...

, German field hockey midfielder *

Niklas Moisander Niklas Moisander (born 29 September 1985) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swedish club Malmö FF. Moisander was born in Turku, where he played for the local TPS youth team before moving to AFC Ajax. Following ...

, Finnish footballer currently playing for German team Werder Bremen *

Niklas Nordgren Niklas Nordgren (born June 28, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward who began and finished his career playing for Modo Hockey in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Nordgren was drafted by the Carolina Hurric ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Niklas Sandberg, Swedish football player *

Niklas Schenker Niklas Schenker (born 1993 in Berlin) is a German political scientist and politician from Die Linke. He has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2021. Life Niklas Schenker was born and grew up in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdo ...

, German politician *

Niklas Skoog Jan Niklas Skoog (born 15 June 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer in 1995 with Västra Frölunda IF and in 2003 with Malmö FF. A full international between 2002 and 200 ...

, Swedish football striker *

Niklas Strömstedt Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Early life Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund as the first child of Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo St ...

, Swedish pop singer and songwriter *

Niklas Süle Niklas Süle (born 3 September 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. Club career Early career Süle started his career with Rot-Weiß Walldorf. In J ...

, German footballer *

Niklas Sundblad Niklas Sundblad (born January 3, 1973) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and a former Swedish professional ice hockey player. Playing career Sundblad started his career in the youth teams at AIK close to his native Stockholm. He made hi ...

, Swedish ice hockey player *

Niklas Sundin Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a musician of the band Mitochondrial Sun, but was best known as the founding lead guitarist of band Dark Tranquillity (1989–2020). He was also one of the guitarists in the band Laethora ...

, Swedish guitarist of Dark Tranquillity and Laethora *

Niklas Sundström Lars Niklas Sundström (born June 6, 1975) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who started his professional career in Modo Hockey. He was drafted eighth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He was also on W ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Niklas Tarvajärvi, Finnish footballer striker currently playing for Karlsruher SC *

Niklas Willén Niklas Willén (born March 30, 1961) is a Swedish conductor. He was born in Stockholm and studied conducting and composition there at the Royal College of Music. His conducting teachers were Professors Jorma Panula and Kjell Ingebretsen, while h ...

, Swedish conductor * Niklas Würzner, German basketball player *

Niklas Zennström Niklas Zennström (; born 16 February 1966) is a Swedish entrepreneur and technology investor. Zennström is also the co-founder of the charity organization Zennström Philanthropies. Education Zennström has dual degrees in Business Administr ...

, Swedish entrepreneur

Surname

Wilhelm Niklas Wilhelm Niklas (24 September 1887 – 12 April 1957) was a German academic and politician, who was the first minister of food, agriculture and forestry in Konrad Adenauer's First Adenauer cabinet, first cabinet. Early life and education Niklas w ...

(1887–1957), German academic and politician {{given name, type=both Swedish masculine given names Masculine given names Finnish masculine given names