Born in 1930 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Margareta Ekström is a Swedish writer, translator and literature critic. She wrote the manuscript for the film Luftburen (1973) and worked together with Lennart Johansson making the film Pantomim (1953).

She studied at Stockholm University and later worked for some of the largest newspapers in Sweden. Between 1960-1967 she was a board member of Filmgranskningsrådet (Film Examination Board) and between 1974-1977 she had a Board of Directors assignment for the Swedish Writers Association.