Magli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.

She received the Fritt Ord Award, jointly with her husband Torolf Elster.

[1] She made her literary debut in 1952 with the poetry collection Trikken går i engen,[2] a cycle of poems, following life in Oslo, the capital of Norway, over a year.

[1] Her literary breakthrough was the collection Med hilsen fra natten from 1953,[2] which included love poetry with erotic motives.

[1] Further collections are Den syngende flåten from 1955, En pike av tre (1959) and Sekundene (1971).