Jens Lekman fits neatly into the canon of Swedish songwriters with an ear for a tune and a way with a lyric.

Looking at him, though, you might not think it. Slight of frame and thinning of hair, the 27-year-old shuffled onto stage with the look of a man wholly incapable of producing the kind of jubilant pop that characterises his two fabulous albums: 2004’s When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog and 2007’s Night Falls Over Kortedala.

But looks can be deceiving. From the set-opener I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You, Lekman was everything that a pop star should be: unique, charming and very slightly mad.

Backed by a band that swelled at times to include a tin whistle and accordion, Lekman’s set had a boisterous, care-free feel to it. During the optimistic skip of Sipping On The Sweet Nectar, the band were even prompted to drop their instruments for a prance around the stage.

Lekman was humourous throughout — if the songwriting doesn’t work out, you felt there might be a career opportunity in stand-up comedy for the charming Swede.

If that did happen, though, it would be music’s loss. For Lekman is most poetic in his lovelorn lyrics, which are part Morissey, part Paul Simon, and best explained simply by quoting them. “Yeah, I got busted, so I used my last phone call/To dedicate a song to you on the radio,” he crooned on You Are The Light.

Inspiring stuff from the thinking man’s popstar.