Johan August Ekman (26 November 1845, Hjälstad - 1913) was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1900–1913.

Thereafter he worked as a vicar and held other church offices.

[2] He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Västerås in 1898; and appointed Archbishop of Uppsala in 1900.

Ekman played a decisive role in the development of the Lay ecclesial ministry.

In 1903, the General Swedish clergy association (Allmänna svenska prästföreningen) was founded and in 1910 the Church of Sweden National Board for Parish Life (Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelse).