Elin Ruth (born 23 November 1981 in Mönsterås, Småland) is a Swedish singer-songwriter.

Elin Ruth debuted in 2003 with the album Saturday Light Naive which was produced by Lars Winnerbäck.

The album was hailed by critics and led to a Swedish Grammy nomination for best new artist.

In 2009 Elin Ruth started her own record company, Divers Avenue Music, and on October 7 released her self-produced, fourth album Cookatoo Friends.

[1] She wrote and performed the opening theme to the Swedish crime drama series Irene Huss, "Free to Fall (Apart)".