Jump to content

Martin Melin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martin Melin
Martin Melin in 2013
Member of the Swedish Parliament
for Stockholm Municipality
Assumed office
22 August 2023
In office
31 October 2022 – 30 April 2023
Personal details
Born
Jan Martin Melin

(1967-03-06) 6 March 1967 (age 57)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political partyLiberals
Spouse
(m. 2010; div. 2014)
OccupationPolice officer
Known forWinner of Expedition Robinson 1997

Martin Melin (born 6 March 1967), is a Swedish author, police officer, politician and former television personality, and the world's first winner of the TV reality series Expedition Robinson (the first of the Survivor series) in 1997.[1][2] Melin has been Member of the Swedish Parliament since August 2023, representing Stockholm Municipality.[3] He previously replaced Joar Forssell as Member of the Swedish Parliament during the latters leave of absence from 31 October 2022 to 30 April 2023.[4]

Melin won the reality television show Expedition Robinson 1997 on 13 December. In the late 1990s, Melin appeared on numerous shows such as På rymmen, Jakten på ökenguldet and Hon och han.[2] In 2015, he participated in the reality series Realitystjärnorna på godset alongside some of Sweden's best-known reality-series stars, such as Gunilla Persson.[5] That series was broadcast on TV3.[5]

Melin published a book called Coola pappor.

Melin is the son of historian Jan Melin. Melin was married to author Camilla Läckberg from 2010 to 2014 with whom he has one child together.[6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Mikael Askergren. "askergren.com". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Jag satsade allt och klantade mig". Aftonbladet. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. ^ Zetterman, Victor (22 August 2023). "Martin Melin ny riksdagsledamot för Liberalerna – Liberalerna". Liberalerna (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Martin Melin (L) tar plats i riksdagen – ersätter i ett halvår". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Gunilla Perssons vilda flört med Martin Melin". Expressen. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Martin Melin gifter sig med Camilla Läckberg". Expressen. Retrieved 1 April 2012. [dead link]
[edit]