Niklas Almqvist

Swedish guitarist, born 26 January 1977 in Säter, Dalarna, Sweden. He is Per Almqvist's older brother. He is a member of the rock band The Hives from Fagersta. The music magazine New Musical Express has revealed Randy Fitzsimmons, who by The Hives is claimed to be the band's songwriter, as a pseudonym for Nicholaus Arson. However, this has been denied by the band. He sang backing vocals on "59 Times the Pains End of the Millennium" (1999).