Niklas Roswall comes from the small village Kverrestad in Skåne, south Sweden, and is one of the foremost practitioners of the nyckelharpa. When he was ten years old he started to play the violin but soon he changed to the nyckelharpa instead.
Already the first time Niklas tried a nyckelharpa he was fascinated by the rich timbre of the instrument and all possibilities it gave.

A few years later, already as a teenager, Niklas received the title riksspelman and a few years after that he won the nyckelharpa World Championship.

Niklas graduated as a musician from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has since then worked as a freelance folk musician in a variety of contexts with the whole world as his field. He gives concerts and courses and performs both as a soloist and with his groups, of which the Nyckelharporkester and the now closed Ranarim are among the most well-known. In addition to these, he is also active in duos together with Ian Carr, Jens Comén and Mia Marine.

Niklas’ main group now is  Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall,  winners of Group of the Year at the Folk & World Music Awards 2016. The trio has released five albums and is currently collaborating with Ulrika Bodén.