| Maja Ekelöf | |
| Birth Name: | Maja Andersson |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Karlskoga, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Karlskoga, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | writer |
Maja Ekelöf (23 February 1918 – 29 August 1989) was a Swedish writer.
Ekelöf was a native of Karlskoga, Sweden, and worked as a cleaner. She depicted her work life in her published works.[1]
Ekelöf's "Report from a Scouring-Pale" (Swedish: Rapport från en skurhink), published in 1970, is one of the most renowned works in the working-class genre.[2]
During the 1970s, she was voted the 2nd most popular woman in Sweden by the Swedish magazine Femina.[3] [4]
After Ekelöf, a square was named in 2019, Maja Ekelöf's Square, in Karlskoga.[5]