Esse Willem Ljungh (August 3, 1904 - February 9, 1991) was a Canadian radio producer, most noted as the longtime head of radio drama for CBC Radio.^[1]

Born in Malmö, Sweden, he emigrated to Canada in 1927.^[2] He initially settled in Radville, Saskatchewan as a farmer, but after losing his farm during the Great Depression, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he worked as editor of a Swedish-language newspaper.^[1] He subsequently joined the Winnipeg Little Theatre, acting on stage for the first time in a production of Peer Gynt and having his first directorial experience on a production of Charles Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette.^[2] In this era, he also served as an adjudicator for the Dominion Drama Festival.^[2]

After doing freelance production work for the CBC since 1938, he joined the network as a staff producer in 1942. In 1946 he began working in the drama department under Andrew Allan, and became head of the department in 1957.^[1] He was briefly also the supervisor of CBC television drama in 1959, but remained in that role for only about a year.^[3]

He left the CBC in 1969, and subsequently taught theatre at Mount Royal College and the University of Victoria.^[3] After retiring from teaching he moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he died in 1991.^[4]

He was one of the winners of ACTRA's John Drainie Award in 1968.^[5] He was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame,^[3] and was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1981.^[2]