Niklas Almgren vokste opp i Arboga i Sverige. Han har sin musikerutdannelse fra Musikhögskolan i Stockholm, Interlochen Arts Academy og fra Eastman School of Music. Har siden 1997 vært ansatt i Kungliga Filharmonikerna, Stockholm. Før dette var han ansatt i Helsingborg Symfoniorkester. Favorittkomponist er Anton Bruckner, spesielt hans syvende symfoni. Niklas Almgren grew up in Arboga in Sweden. He studied at Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, at Interlochen Arts Academy and at Eastman School of Music, USA. He started his work in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in 1997, now co-principal. Earlier he played with Helsingborg Symphony Orcestra, Sweden Niklas' favorite composer is Anton Bruckner, and favorite work is his seventh symphony.