Niklas (name)
Appearance
Niklas is a male name, most common in Sweden and the Swedish-speaking population of Finland. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with that name include:
Given name
[edit]- Niklas (singer), Danish singer-songwriter
- Niklas Almqvist, Swedish guitarist and backup vocalist of the Swedish Garage Rock band The Hives
- Niklas Andersen, Swedish football defender who plays for Werder Bremen
- Niklas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player currently playing for Frölunda HC
- Niklas Bäckström, Finnish ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Tappara in the Finnish SM-Liiga
- Niklas Edin, Swedish curler
- Niklas Eriksson, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player
- Niklas Graßelt, German politician
- Niklas Forsmoo (born 1983), Swedish handball player
- Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for the HPK in the Finnish SMLiiga
- Niklas Hjalmarsson, Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Niklas Hogner, Swedish figure skater
- Niklas Karlsson (born 1974), Swedish politician
- Niklas Kaul, German Olympic decathlete
- Niklas Kiel, German basketball player
- Niklas Klingberg, Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
- Niklas Kronwall, Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL
- Niklas Kvarforth, Swedish musician, composer and vocalist of the black metal band Shining
- Niklas Landin, Danish handball player
- Niklas Luhmann, German sociologist
- Niklas Mattsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Niklas Meinert, German field hockey midfielder
- Niklas Moisander, Finnish footballer currently playing for German team Werder Bremen
- Niklas Nordgren, Swedish ice hockey player
- Niklas Sandberg, Swedish football player
- Niklas Schenker, German politician
- Niklas Skoog, Swedish football striker
- Niklas Strömstedt, Swedish pop singer and songwriter
- Niklas Süle, German footballer
- Niklas Sundblad, Swedish ice hockey player
- Niklas Sundin, Swedish guitarist of Dark Tranquillity and Laethora
- Niklas Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player
- Niklas Tarvajärvi, Finnish football striker currently playing for Karlsruher SC
- Niklas Willén, Swedish conductor
- Niklas Würzner, German basketball player
- Niklas Zennström, Swedish entrepreneur
Surname
[edit]- Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957), German academic and politician