Jacob Heinrich Elbfas (c. 1600 – 1664) was a Baltic German portrait painter, active in Sweden.

Elbfas was born in Livonia c. 1600 and educated in Strasbourg, in a tradition dating back to Renaissance portraits.^[1] He established himself in Sweden from 1622 and from 1628 in Stockholm where he became a guild master.^[1] From 1634 to 1640, he worked as a court painter for Queen Maria Eleonora, and was frequently employed by the Swedish nobility.^[1] His influence on Swedish art was considerable until a new generation of artists were invited by Queen Christina during the 1640s.^[1] He died in Stockholm in 1664.^[1]

• History of Sweden