Niklas (name)

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

 * 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 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 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 footballer striker currently playing for Karlsruher SC
 * Niklas Willén, Swedish conductor
 * Niklas Würzner, German basketball player
 * Niklas Zennström, Swedish entrepreneur

Surname

 * Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957), German academic and politician