Ekelund received his high school diploma in 1901. He studied at the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in
Stockholm between 1902 and 1906. In 1908, Ekelund studied briefly at the
Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now
Technische Universität Berlin). He worked as an architect in Stockholm in 1906–07 and then set up his own architectural and construction office in Malmö from 1907 to 1913, after which he became city architect in Landskrona, a position he held until 1949. Ekelund was a member of the Svenska Teknologföreningen (Swedish Technological Association) from 1904 onwards. He also published three books,
Frans Ekelund, arkitekt 1906–1923 (Berlin-Karlhorst, 1923);
Frans Ekelund arkitekt 1923 (Landskrona, 1923); and
Urval ur mina arbeten 1906–1923 [Selection of my Work], (Landskrona, 1924). Ekelund was supposedly well-traveled around Europe, and a number of his works, such as the Savoy Hotel in Malmö, indicate that he was well aware of contemporary design developments elsewhere. In addition, he designed, among other things, Röstånga Gästgivaregård (1908), residential buildings on Föreningsgatan and Östra Förstadsgatan in Malmö, and several residential buildings in Landskrona. ==Selected works==