Martin Melin (born 6 March 1967), is a Swedish author, police officer, politician and former

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, and the world's first winner of the TV reality series

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(the first of the

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series) in 1997. Melin has been Member of the Swedish Parliament since August 2023, representing

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. He previously replaced

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as Member of the Swedish Parliament during the latters

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from 31 October 2022 to 30 April 2023. 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''. 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. That series was broadcast on

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. Melin published a book called ''Coola pappor''. Melin is the son of historian Jan Melin. Melin was married to author

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from 2010 to 2014 with whom he has one child together.

References

External links

Martin Melin blog on Coola Pappor
* 1967 births Writers from Stockholm Swedish male writers Swedish police officers Swedish television personalities Members of the Riksdag from the Liberals (Sweden) Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Living people {{Sweden-bio-stub