Born in Sweden, Malin completed her studies in London with David Takeno. A passionate chamber musician she has toured and recorded extensively for the last twenty years as a member of the Kungsbacka Piano Trio, Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble and Nash Ensemble of London. 

In 2008 Malin was appointed concertmaster of the Swedish Radio Orchestra. Since then she has performed Brahms’ double concerto with Steven Isserlis, conducted by Daniel Harding, received rave reviews for a her recording of Nielsen’s Violin Concerto and premiered violin concerti written for her by Helen Grime, Daniel Börtz, Britta Byström, Andrea Tarrodi, Daniel Nelson and Jesper Nordin. 

She regularly directs the Swedish Radio Orchestra and is now in demand as a musical director/soloist. In that role she has appeared with Tapiola Sinfonietta, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, ACO Collective (Australia), Nordic Chamber Orchestra and Tampere Symphony Orchestra and co-operated with artists such as Pekka Kuussisto, Janine Jansen and Peter Mattei. Malin is currently the Artistic Director of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra in Finland having succeeded Sakari Oramo. 

During ‘lock-down’ her YouTube video of Mendelssohn‘s Octet, where Malin plays all eight parts, went viral.

In 2019 she was awarded H.M. the King’s medal for services to music.

She plays a 1709 Stradivarius violin on kind loan from the Järnåker Foundation, a Candi viola and a Del Gesù Guarneri copy by Stephan von Baehr.