Marita Elisabet Ulvskog (born 4 September 1951) is a Swedish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019.

Ulvskog is a trained journalist and she worked for several years on the Journal of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.

On 30 September 2008 it was revealed that Ulvskog would lead the Social Democrats in the 2009 European Parliament election although she during the 90's was involved in the critical debate on EU.

[3] She was elected with the strong support of personal votes[clarification needed] and now serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

[5] Ulvskog was one of the four vice presidents of the Party of European Socialists, under the leadership of chairman Sergei Stanishev.