Erik Gabriel Melartin (11 January 1780 – 8 July 1847) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland from 1833 till 1847.

Melartin was born in Kärkölä, and studied at the Porvoo and Turku Academy.

Melartin was also a member of a committee that prepared the 1843 school system.

Melartin was also one of the founders of the Finnish Literature Track and was its first superior between 1831 and 1833.

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